Spreading Algae

Eighth Edition · #281 · uncommon · EN

$0.15

cheapest of 29 store offers · see all

market $0.22

Mana cost: {G}

Type: Enchantment — Aura

Commonly played as: Removal, Recursion, Land Removal

Enchant Swamp
When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Artist: Stephen Daniele

Released: 2003-07-28

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.22
  • Cardmarket: €0.26
  • MTGO tix: 0.03
$8.83$0.22
243 days of daily prices for Spreading Algae: $0.27 to $0.22
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 243 days tracked · $0.27 → $0.22 (-19%) · low $0.22 · high $8.83
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Eighth Edition #281) in 9 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
The Comic HunterNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$0.222 days ago
GameKeeperMP · yesterdayMPregularCA$0.24yesterday
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.19today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.20today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.22today
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€0.233 days ago
GameKeeperSP · yesterdaySPregularCA$0.37yesterday
Card KingdomSP · todaySPregular$0.28today
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.28today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.26today
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€0.273 days ago
CardTraderHP · foil · 3 days agoHPfoil€3.763 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · 3 days agoMPfoil€5.623 days ago
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€5.623 days ago
GamezillaNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$16.50today

Truncated: 13 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 29 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 8 lists
  • 9 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Spreading Algae

USD · low $0.22 · high $14.95

Set#RarityUSD
Eighth Edition#281 · uncommon281uncommon$0.22
Eighth Edition#281★ · uncommon281★uncommon$14.95 foil
Urza's Saga#274 · uncommon274uncommon$0.45