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Magic · Strixhaven: School of Mages · #161 · Rare

Valentin, Dean of the Vein

Magic card price for Valentin, Dean of the Vein: $1.04 market, from $0.85 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 20, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 20, 2026
$1.04
0.0% this week · +3.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+3.0%
90 days+11.8%
1 year+121.3%
All time+121.3%

Sellers right now

$0.85lowest listing$20.00highest
Market price$1.04
Mid listing$1.18
30-day avg$1.03

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$1.04
Cardmarket$1.12 €1.00

EUR converted at 1.1215 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.3952-week low$1.0452-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$0.38
All-time high$1.04
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.34$0.60$0.85$1.11
$1.04
Feb 2024Jan 2025Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Valentin, Dean of the Vein (Foil) begins in February 2024 at $0.47; the market price today is $1.04, up 121% since then. In the last year the price changed +121% and ranged from $0.39 to $1.04, and it now trades near the top of that range. Today's price is the highest we have recorded for this card. Listings currently start at $0.85; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $1.03.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$1.04$0.85$20.000.0%
Normal$0.88$0.64$25.89−1.1%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 1
Type line
Legendary Creature — Vampire Warlock // Legendary Creature — Human Druid
Rules text

Valentin, Dean of the Vein

Menace, lifelink

If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, you may pay 2. if you do, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."

Lisette, Dean of the Root

Whenever you gain life, you may pay 1. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and those creatures gain trample until end of turn.

Flavor

"Life is as fleeting as it is vibrant. Embrace the brief blessing of a flower before it withers."

Other printings of Valentin, Dean of the Vein

3 more · $1.04 – $5.48
All printings
Valentin, Dean of the Vein (Extended Art) (333), Strixhaven: School of Mages — Magic card price −1.3% 7d Valentin, Dean of the Vein (Extended Art) Strixhaven: School of Mages · #333 $5.48 Valentin, Dean of the Vein (161), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price +6.5% 7d Valentin, Dean of the Vein Prerelease Cards · #161 $3.60 Valentin, Dean of the Vein (161), The List Reprints — Magic card price −0.7% 7d Valentin, Dean of the Vein The List Reprints · #161 $1.42

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