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Magic · The Hobbit · #281 · Rare

Smaug, Wicked Worm (Borderless) (Surge Foil)

Magic card price for Smaug, Wicked Worm (Borderless) (Surge Foil): $57.20 market, from $54.65 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Aug 3, 2026 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$57.20
−8.7% this week · −41.9% in 30 days
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1 day−2.0%
7 days−8.7%
30 days−41.9%
90 days—
1 year—
All time−92.9%

Sellers right now

$54.65lowest listing$9,500.00highest
Market price$57.20
Mid listing$68.28
Direct$57.70
30-day avg$73.89

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$57.20
Cardmarket$81.87 €72.75

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

One year

$57.2052-week low$800.0052-week high
In the range0%
All-time low$57.20
All-time high$800.00
First priceAug 3, 2026
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$12.63$299.85$587.06$874.28
$57.20
Aug 3Aug 28Sep 22Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Smaug, Wicked Worm (Borderless) (Surge 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 $54.65, and the 30-day average market price is $73.89.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$57.20$54.65$9,500.00−8.7%

The card in play

Power / Toughness5 / 5
Type line
Legendary Creature — Dragon
Rules text

Flying

When Smaug enters, create X tapped Treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts your opponents control.

Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, you draw a card and lose 1 life.

Other printings of Smaug, Wicked Worm

2 more · $1.82 – $57.20
All printings
Smaug, Wicked Worm (Borderless) (245), The Hobbit — Magic card price −5.9% 7d Smaug, Wicked Worm (Borderless) The Hobbit · #245 $11.88 Smaug, Wicked Worm (164), The Hobbit — Magic card price +6.4% 7d Smaug, Wicked Worm The Hobbit · #164 $1.82

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