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Magic · The Hobbit · #122 · Rare

Cantankerous Keepers

Magic card price for Cantankerous Keepers: $0.29 market, from $0.05 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Jul 30, 2026 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$0.29
−9.4% this week · −19.4% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day−6.5%
7 days−9.4%
30 days−19.4%
90 days—
1 year—
All time−97.1%

Sellers right now

$0.05lowest listing$9.89highest
Market price$0.29
Mid listing$0.41
Direct$0.29
30-day avg$0.38

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$0.29
Cardmarket$0.43 €0.38

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

One year

$0.2952-week low$9.8952-week high
In the range0%
All-time low$0.29
All-time high$9.89
First priceJul 30, 2026
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.00$4.95$9.89$14.84
$0.29
Jul 30Aug 25Sep 21Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Cantankerous Keepers (Foil) came out in August 2026; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Listings currently start at $0.05; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.38.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.29$0.05$9.89−9.4%
Normal$0.26$0.03$19.95−10.3%

The card in play

Power / Toughness4 / 3
Type line
Creature — Elf Soldier
Rules text

Affinity for Elves (This spell costs 1 less to cast for each Elf you control.)

When this creature enters, mill four cards, then put all Elf cards from among them into your hand.

Flavor

The guards were decidedly less than pleased, upon waking, to find their prisoners escaped.

Other printings of Cantankerous Keepers

1 more · $0.29 – $1.10
All printings
Cantankerous Keepers (Extended Art) (306), The Hobbit — Magic card price −9.1% 7d Cantankerous Keepers (Extended Art) The Hobbit · #306 $1.10

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