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- Backup Operator
Yu-Gi-Oh! · Flames of Destruction · #FLOD-EN003 · Rare
Backup Operator
Yu-Gi-Oh! card price for Backup Operator: $0.21 market, from $0.10 at the cheapest listing, 1st Edition printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.
Sellers right now
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
One year
Price story
We have tracked Backup Operator (1st Edition) since February 2024, when it sold for $0.16. Today the market price is $0.21, up 31.3%. Across the past year it went +50.0%, with a low of $0.12 and a high of $0.22; today it sits near the top of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.22, still 4.8% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.10, and the 30-day average market price is $0.21.
Printings
The card in play
- Card type
- Effect Monster
- Attribute
- LIGHT
- Monster type
- Cyberse
You can target 1 face-up monster that a Link Monster you control points to; Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, return that monster to the hand. If Special Summoned this way, banish this card when it leaves the field. You can only use this effect of "Backup Operator" once per turn.
