Diminishing Returns

Alliances · #26 · rare · EN

$4.38

cheapest of 34 store offers · see all

market $8.60

Mana cost: {2}{U}{U}

Type: Sorcery

Commonly played as: Draw, Recursion

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library. You exile the top ten cards of your library. Then each player draws up to seven cards.

Artist: Allen Williams

Released: 1996-06-10

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $8.60
  • Cardmarket: €6.33
  • MTGO tix: 0
$16.45$5.60
240 days of daily prices for Diminishing Returns: $5.60 to $8.60
2026-01-252026-11-12
240 days tracked · $5.60 → $8.60 (+54%) · low $5.60 · high $16.45
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Alliances #26) 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
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$4.38today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$4.95today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$4.95today
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€4.613 days ago
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$6.11today
Le Coin Du JeuHP · 5 days agoHPregularCA$8.755 days ago
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€5.813 days ago
CardTraderDM · 3 days agoDMregular€5.853 days ago
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$6.66today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€6.90today
Atlas CollectablesNM · todayNMregularCA$11.99today
Everything GamesSP · 10 days agoSPregularCA$12.1010 days ago
TopDeck HeroMP · 4 days agoMPregularCA$12.394 days ago
House Of CardsSP · yesterdaySPregularCA$12.60yesterday

Truncated: 20 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 34 in total.

Format legality

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

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 8 lists
  • 8 copies tracked

All printings of Diminishing Returns

USD · low $7.68 · high $9.40

Set#RarityUSD
Eternal Masters#46 · rare46rare$7.68
Masters Edition#32 · rare32rare—
Classic Sixth Edition#65 · rare65rare$9.40
Alliances#26 · rare26rare$8.60