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Magic · Unstable · #32 · Common

Defective Detective

Magic card price for Defective Detective: $0.37 market, from $0.15 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$0.37
0.0% this week · +2.8% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+2.8%
90 days−24.5%
1 year+94.7%
All time+42.3%

Sellers right now

$0.15lowest listing$9.22highest
Market price$0.37
Mid listing$0.43
Direct$0.25
30-day avg$0.37

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$0.37
Cardmarket$0.25 €0.22

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

One year

$0.1752-week low$0.4952-week high
In the range63%
All-time low$0.15
All-time high$0.49
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.06$0.21$0.37$0.53
$0.37
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Defective Detective (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $0.26 and stands at $0.37 today, up 42.3% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +94.7%, trading between $0.17 and $0.49. The current price is in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $0.49, 32.4% above today. Listings currently start at $0.15; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.37.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.37$0.15$9.220.0%
Normal$0.06$0.01$20.000.0%

The card in play

Power / Toughness2 / 1
Type line
Creature — Human Spy
Rules text

Defective Detective can't be blocked.

When Defective Detective enters the battlefield, a person outside the game looks at target opponent's hand and chooses a card from it. That player reveals that card.

WATERMARK: Agents of S.N.E.A.K.

Flavor

Nothing gets by her . . . except the evidence, the motive, and the culprit.

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