Spell Snip

Shards of Alara · #57 · common · EN

€0.07 · Foil €0.11

cheapest of 60 store offers · see all

market $0.16 · Foil $0.33

Mana cost: {2}{U}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Draw, Counterspell

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Artist: Michael Sutfin

Released: 2008-10-03

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.16
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.33
  • Cardmarket: €0.07
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.22
  • MTGO tix: 0.04
$0.50$0.09
240 days of daily prices for Spell Snip: $0.11 to $0.16
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 240 days tracked · $0.11 → $0.16 (+45%) · low $0.09 · high $0.50
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Shards of Alara #57) in 8 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
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.07today
McNabb GamesMP · yesterdayMPregular$0.10yesterday
McNabb GamesSP · yesterdaySPregular$0.10yesterday
CardTraderNM · 3 days agoNMregular€0.113 days ago
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€0.113 days ago
CardTraderDM · foil · 3 days agoDMfoil€0.113 days ago
Magic StrongholdMP · foil · yesterdayMPfoilCA$0.20yesterday
The Comic HunterNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$0.212 days ago
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.15today
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€0.143 days ago
Magic StrongholdSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoilCA$0.24yesterday
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€0.193 days ago
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€0.193 days ago
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.22today
Taverne du CollectionneurNM · foil · 4 days agoNMfoilCA$0.354 days ago
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.25today
ManaPoolHP · foil · todayHPfoil$0.30today
TopDeck HeroMP · foil · todayMPfoilCA$0.48today
CardTraderHP · foil · 3 days agoHPfoil€0.693 days ago

Truncated: 37 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 60 in total.

Format legality

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

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 21 lists
  • 62 copies tracked