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Magic · Tempest · #273 · Uncommon

Spontaneous Combustion

Magic card price for Spontaneous Combustion: $0.31 market, from $0.09 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$0.31
0.0% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days0.0%
90 days+10.7%
1 year+55.0%
All time+55.0%

Sellers right now

$0.09lowest listing$4.99highest
Market price$0.31
Mid listing$0.30
Direct$0.25
30-day avg$0.31

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$0.31
Cardmarket$0.12 €0.11

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

One year

$0.1752-week low$0.3252-week high
In the range93%
All-time low$0.17
All-time high$0.32
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.11$0.19$0.26$0.34
$0.31
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Spontaneous Combustion begins in February 2024 at $0.20; the market price today is $0.31, up 55.0% since then. In the last year the price changed +55.0% and ranged from $0.17 to $0.32, and it now trades near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $0.09, and the 30-day average market price is $0.31.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.31$0.09$4.990.0%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Sacrifice a creature: Spontaneous Combustion deals 3 damage to each creature.

Flavor

"Heat of battle" is usually a metaphor.

Other printings of Spontaneous Combustion

1 more · $0.31 – $0.46
All printings
Spontaneous Combustion (194), Conspiracy — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Spontaneous Combustion Conspiracy · #194 $0.46

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