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Magic · Ultimate Masters · #46 · Rare

Back to Basics

Magic card price for Back to Basics: $9.58 market, from $8.27 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$9.58
0.0% this week · +3.8% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+3.8%
90 days−1.3%
1 year−5.5%
All time−39.4%

Sellers right now

$8.27lowest listing$52.15highest
Market price$9.58
Mid listing$10.03
Direct$9.78
30-day avg$9.37

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$9.58
Cardmarket$11.44 €10.17

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

One year

$9.1552-week low$10.1452-week high
In the range43%
All-time low$9.15
All-time high$15.93
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$4.08$6.29$8.50$10.71
$9.58
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Back to Basics (Foil) begins in February 2024 at $15.80; the market price today is $9.58, down 39.4% since then. In the last year the price changed −5.5% and ranged from $9.15 to $10.14, and it now trades in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $15.93, 66.3% above today. Listings currently start at $8.27; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $9.37.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$9.58$8.27$52.150.0%
Normal$6.37$4.70$52.55−2.5%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment
Rules text

Nonbasic lands don't untap during their controllers’ untap steps.

Flavor

"A ruler wears a crown while the rest of us wear hats, but which would you rather have when it's raining?"

—Barrin, Principia

Other printings of Back to Basics

4 more · $8.31 – $21.15
All printings
Back to Basics (Future Sight) (154), Mystery Booster 2 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Back to Basics (Future Sight) Mystery Booster 2 · #154 $21.15 Back to Basics (62), Urza's Saga — Magic card price +2.2% 7d Back to Basics Urza's Saga · #62 $11.58 Back to Basics (1718), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −0.8% 7d Back to Basics Secret Lair Drop Series · #1718 $8.66 Back to Basics (Rainbow Foil) (1718), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −5.4% 7d Back to Basics (Rainbow Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1718 $8.31

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