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Magic · War of the Spark · #248 · Rare

Karn's Bastion

Magic card price for Karn's Bastion: $5.53 market, from $3.00 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$5.53
+2.6% this week · +5.1% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+2.6%
30 days+5.1%
90 days+16.7%
1 year+64.6%
All time+45.1%

Sellers right now

$3.00lowest listing$98.96highest
Market price$5.53
Mid listing$5.47
Direct$6.50
30-day avg$5.38

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$5.53
Cardmarket$3.16 €2.81

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

One year

$3.3652-week low$5.5452-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$2.27
All-time high$5.54
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.72$3.11$4.50$5.89
$5.53
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Karn's Bastion (Foil) begins in February 2024 at $3.81; the market price today is $5.53, up 45.1% since then. In the last year the price changed +64.6% and ranged from $3.36 to $5.54, 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 $3.00, and the 30-day average market price is $5.38.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$5.53$3.00$98.96+2.6%
Normal$2.87$1.90$19.95−15.1%

The card in play

Type line
Land
Rules text

T: Add C.

4, T: Proliferate (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Flavor

"I can't protect everyone here. But those I can, I will."

—Karn

Other printings of Karn's Bastion

10 more · $2.81 – $5.57
All printings
Karn's Bastion (248), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Karn's Bastion Prerelease Cards · #248 $5.57 Karn's Bastion (248), Promo Pack: Throne of Eldraine — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Karn's Bastion Promo Pack: Throne of Eldraine · #248 $5.50 Karn's Bastion (248), Planeswalker Event Promos — Magic card price −5.3% 7d Karn's Bastion Planeswalker Event Promos · #248 $5.35 Karn's Bastion (Retro Frame) (464), Ravnica Remastered — Magic card price +2.5% 7d Karn's Bastion (Retro Frame) Ravnica Remastered · #464 $5.25 Karn's Bastion (409), Commander: March of the Machine — Magic card price −4.2% 7d Karn's Bastion Commander: March of the Machine · #409 $4.29

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