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Magic · Universes Beyond: Doctor Who · #979 · Rare

Return the Past (Extended Art) (Surge Foil)

Magic card price for Return the Past (Extended Art) (Surge Foil): $3.54 market, from $2.29 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 24, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 24, 2026
$3.54
+1.1% this week · +3.5% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+1.1%
30 days+3.5%
90 days+8.9%
1 year+67.0%
All time+90.3%

Sellers right now

$2.29lowest listing$13.99highest
Market price$3.54
Mid listing$3.40
Direct$6.84
30-day avg$3.46

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$3.54
Cardmarket$1.50 €1.34

EUR converted at 1.1193 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$2.1252-week low$3.5452-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$1.69
All-time high$3.54
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.35$2.15$2.95$3.75
$3.54
Jul 26Aug 25Sep 24Oct 24
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Return the Past (Extended Art) (Surge Foil) begins in February 2024 at $1.86; the market price today is $3.54, up 90.3% since then. In the last year the price changed +67.0% and ranged from $2.12 to $3.54, and it now trades near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $2.29, and the 30-day average market price is $3.46.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$3.54$2.29$13.99+1.1%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment
Rules text

As long as it's your turn, each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. Its flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.

Flavor

"You're back! You're in my head. All my memories . . . are back."
—The Twelfth Doctor

Other printings of Return the Past

3 more · $1.32 – $3.54
All printings
Return the Past (Surge Foil) (697), Universes Beyond: Doctor Who — Magic card price +0.9% 7d Return the Past (Surge Foil) Universes Beyond: Doctor Who · #697 $2.36 Return the Past (Extended Art) (388), Universes Beyond: Doctor Who — Magic card price +2.8% 7d Return the Past (Extended Art) Universes Beyond: Doctor Who · #388 $1.47 Return the Past (92), Universes Beyond: Doctor Who — Magic card price −12.0% 7d Return the Past Universes Beyond: Doctor Who · #92 $1.32

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