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Magic · Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #498 · Common

Deceive the Messenger (Showcase Scrolls)

Magic card price for Deceive the Messenger (Showcase Scrolls): $0.42 market, from $0.15 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 20, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 20, 2026
$0.42
+2.4% this week · +5.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+2.4%
30 days+5.0%
90 days+16.7%
1 year+27.3%
All time+82.6%

Sellers right now

$0.15lowest listing$4.99highest
Market price$0.42
Mid listing$0.48
30-day avg$0.41

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$0.42
Cardmarket$0.31 €0.28

EUR converted at 1.1215 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.3252-week low$0.4252-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$0.06
All-time high$0.42
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.21$0.29$0.36$0.44
$0.42
Jul 22Aug 21Sep 20Oct 20
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Deceive the Messenger (Showcase Scrolls) (Foil) begins in February 2024 at $0.23; the market price today is $0.42, up 82.6% since then. In the last year the price changed +27.3% and ranged from $0.32 to $0.42, 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 $0.15, and the 30-day average market price is $0.41.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.42$0.15$4.99+2.4%
Normal$0.27$0.15$4.990.0%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.

Amass Orcs 1.

Flavor

"Tell Gandalf that he must seek my aid at once."
—Saruman

Other printings of Deceive the Messenger

1 more · $0.25 – $0.42
All printings
Deceive the Messenger (47), Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — Magic card price +4.2% 7d Deceive the Messenger Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #47 $0.25

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