Ancient Runes

Magic card price for Ancient Runes: $1.49 market, from $0.40 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026

$1.49

+8.8% this week · +8.8% in 30 days

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1 day0.0%

7 days+8.8%

30 days+8.8%

90 days+25.2%

1 year+16.4%

All time+58.5%

Sellers right now

$0.40lowest listing$48.99highest

Market price$1.49

Mid listing$1.37

Direct$0.55

30-day avg$1.41

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$1.49

Cardmarket$0.80 €0.71

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$1.0052-week low$1.4952-week high

In the range100%

All-time low$0.94

All-time high$4.37

First priceFeb 8, 2024

Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)

$0.53$1.90$3.27$4.63

$1.49

Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026

TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Ancient Runes begins in February 2024 at $0.94; the market price today is $1.49, up 58.5% since then. In the last year the price changed +16.4% and ranged from $1.00 to $1.49, and it now trades near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $4.37, 193% above today. Listings currently start at $0.40; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $1.41.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Normal$1.49$0.40$48.99+8.8%

The card in play

Type line: Enchantment

Rules text

During each player’s upkeep, Ancient Runes deals 1 damage to that player for each artifact he or she controls.

Flavor

Ertai volunteered to open the portal. He figured he owed it one.

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