Spreading Algae

Magic card price for Spreading Algae: $0.50 market, from $0.19 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026

$0.50

+16.3% this week · +19.1% in 30 days

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1 day0.0%

7 days+16.3%

30 days+19.1%

90 days+11.1%

1 year+25.0%

All time+38.9%

Sellers right now

$0.19lowest listing$8.50highest

Market price$0.50

Mid listing$0.50

30-day avg$0.43

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$0.50

Cardmarket$0.51 €0.45

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

One year

$0.4052-week low$0.5052-week high

In the range100%

All-time low$0.34

All-time high$0.50

First priceFeb 8, 2024

Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)

$0.17$0.34$0.51$0.68

$0.50

Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18

TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Spreading Algae since February 2024, when it sold for $0.36. Today the market price is $0.50, up 38.9%. Across the past year it went +25.0%, with a low of $0.40 and a high of $0.50; today it sits near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $0.19, and the 30-day average market price is $0.43.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Normal$0.50$0.19$8.50+16.3%

The card in play

Type line: Enchant Land

Rules text

Play Spreading Algae only on a swamp.

When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy that land.

When Spreading Algae is put into a graveyard from play, return Spreading Algae to owner’s hand.

Other printings of Spreading Algae

1 more · $0.50 – $14.95

All printings

Spreading Algae (281), 8th Edition — Magic card price

0.0% 7d Spreading Algae 8th Edition · #281 $14.95

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