Patient Instructor

Magic card price for Patient Instructor: $0.22 market, from $0.01 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Aug 6, 2026 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026

$0.22

+10.0% this week · +29.4% in 30 days

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1 day0.0%

7 days+10.0%

30 days+29.4%

90 days—

1 year—

All time−56.0%

Sellers right now

$0.01lowest listing$19.99highest

Market price$0.22

Mid listing$0.25

Direct$0.01

30-day avg$0.18

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$0.22

Cardmarket$0.08 €0.07

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

One year

$0.1452-week low$0.5052-week high

In the range22%

All-time low$0.14

All-time high$0.50

First priceAug 6, 2026

Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)

$0.00$0.18$0.37$0.55

$0.22

Aug 6Aug 30Sep 23Oct 17

TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Patient Instructor (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 $0.01, and the 30-day average market price is $0.18.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Foil$0.22$0.01$19.99+10.0%

Normal$0.10$0.01$19.99−16.7%

The card in play

Type line: Creature — Human Citizen

Rules text

Vigilance

When this creature enters, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.)

Flavor

Lake-town was much diminished from its old grandeur, but still the Long Lake provided for all their needs.

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