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Magic · The Hobbit · #29 · Rare

An Unexpected Party

Magic card price for An Unexpected Party: $0.35 market, from $0.09 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Jul 28, 2026 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$0.35
−16.7% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+2.9%
7 days−16.7%
30 days0.0%
90 days—
1 year—
All time−95.6%

Sellers right now

$0.09lowest listing$45.20highest
Market price$0.35
Mid listing$0.43
Direct$0.35
30-day avg$0.40

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$0.35
Cardmarket$0.35 €0.31

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

One year

$0.3452-week low$8.0052-week high
In the range0%
All-time low$0.34
All-time high$8.00
First priceJul 28, 2026
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.00$2.93$5.87$8.80
$0.35
Jul 28Aug 24Sep 20Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

An Unexpected Party (Foil) was released in August 2026. Launch-week prices are left out here: before supply arrives they are mostly guesses. The cheapest listing right now is $0.09, and the 30-day average market price is $0.40.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.35$0.09$45.20−16.7%
Normal$0.27$0.05$25.09−22.9%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment
Rules text

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.

Creatures you control of the chosen type get +2/+2.

At the Door X2W

Sorcery — Adventure

Create X 2/2 red Dwarf creature tokens. (Then exile this card. You may cast the enchantment later from exile.)

Other printings of An Unexpected Party

2 more · $0.35 – $5.00
All printings
An Unexpected Party (Extended Art) (1), Unique and Miscellaneous Promos — Magic card price −5.8% 7d An Unexpected Party (Extended Art) Unique and Miscellaneous Promos · #1 $5.00 An Unexpected Party (Extended Art) (289), The Hobbit — Magic card price −4.6% 7d An Unexpected Party (Extended Art) The Hobbit · #289 $0.84

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