Magic · The List Reprints · #281 · Common

Castaway's Despair

Magic card price for Castaway's Despair: $0.18 market, from $0.04 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026

$0.18

−18.2% this week · −21.7% in 30 days

Buy on eBay →

1 day0.0%

7 days−18.2%

30 days−21.7%

90 days−28.0%

1 year+260.0%

All time+125.0%

Sellers right now

$0.04lowest listing$9.62highest

Market price$0.18

Mid listing$0.26

Direct$0.04

30-day avg$0.24

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$0.18

Cardmarket$0.12 €0.11

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

One year

$0.0452-week low$0.2652-week high

In the range64%

All-time low$0.01

All-time high$0.26

First priceFeb 8, 2024

Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)

$0.00$0.10$0.19$0.29

$0.18

Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026

TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Castaway's Despair came out in October 2026; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Listings currently start at $0.04; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.24.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Normal$0.18$0.04$9.62−18.2%

The card in play

Type line: Enchantment — Aura

Rules text

Enchant creature

When Castaway's Despair enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature.

Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Other printings of Castaway's Despair

1 more · $0.08 – $0.18

All printings

Castaway's Despair (281), Ixalan — Magic card price

+14.3% 7d Castaway's Despair Ixalan · #281 $0.08

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