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Magic · Tempest · #304 · Uncommon

Puppet Strings

Magic card price for Puppet Strings: $1.02 market, from $0.39 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$1.02
+1.0% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+1.0%
30 days0.0%
90 days+7.4%
1 year+6.3%
All time−71.1%

Sellers right now

$0.39lowest listing$4.73highest
Market price$1.02
Mid listing$0.99
30-day avg$1.01

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$1.02
Cardmarket$1.07 €0.95

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

One year

$0.8052-week low$1.1052-week high
In the range73%
All-time low$0.76
All-time high$3.53
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.54$0.84$1.13$1.43
$1.02
Jul 19Aug 18Sep 17Oct 17
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Puppet Strings since February 2024, when it sold for $3.53. Today the market price is $1.02, down 71.1%. Across the past year it went +6.3%, with a low of $0.80 and a high of $1.10; today it sits in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $3.53, 246% above today. Listings currently start at $0.39; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $1.01.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$1.02$0.39$4.73+1.0%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

2, T: Tap or untap target creature.

Flavor

"Have no illusions," Volrath warned Greven, "about free will."

Other printings of Puppet Strings

2 more · $0.42 – $1.02
All printings
Puppet Strings (22), Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition — Magic card price −1.3% 7d Puppet Strings Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition · #22 $0.76 Puppet Strings, The List Reprints — Magic card price +7.7% 7d Puppet Strings The List Reprints $0.42

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