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Magic · The Hobbit · #40 · Mythic

Fateful Discovery

Magic card price for Fateful Discovery: $3.81 market, from $2.74 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Aug 6, 2026 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$3.81
−1.8% this week · −15.7% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+0.3%
7 days−1.8%
30 days−15.7%
90 days—
1 year—
All time−70.6%

Sellers right now

$2.74lowest listing$25.36highest
Market price$3.81
Mid listing$4.72
Direct$5.60
30-day avg$4.22

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$3.81
Cardmarket$4.78 €4.25

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

One year

$3.3852-week low$12.9552-week high
In the range4%
All-time low$3.38
All-time high$12.95
First priceAug 6, 2026
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.96$8.20$15.44$22.68
$3.81
Aug 6Aug 30Sep 23Oct 17
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Fateful Discovery (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 $2.74; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $4.22.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$3.81$2.74$25.36−1.8%
Normal$3.69$2.65$24.10−1.6%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment
Rules text

Whenever an artifact you control enters, draw a card.

Flavor

Bilbo could hear nothing, see nothing, and feel nothing except the stone floor . . . until his hand met what would be the real turning point in his career.

Other printings of Fateful Discovery

2 more · $3.81 – $27.12
All printings
Fateful Discovery (Showcase) (Surge Foil) (256), The Hobbit — Magic card price −1.4% 7d Fateful Discovery (Showcase) (Surge Foil) The Hobbit · #256 $27.12 Fateful Discovery (Showcase) (220), The Hobbit — Magic card price −4.7% 7d Fateful Discovery (Showcase) The Hobbit · #220 $7.46

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