Gather Specimens

1 printing · from $1.43 · pictured: Shards of Alara #45

€0.54

cheapest of 49 store offers · see all

market $1.43

Mana cost: {3}{U}{U}{U}

Type: Instant

If a creature would enter the battlefield under an opponent's control this turn, it enters under your control instead.

Artist: Michael Bruinsma

Released: 2008-10-03

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $1.43
  • TCGplayer foil: $7.46
  • Cardmarket: €0.68
  • Cardmarket foil: €2.88
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$7.46$1.24
240 days of daily prices for Gather Specimens: $1.29 to $1.43
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 240 days tracked · $1.29 → $1.43 (+11%) · low $1.24 · high $7.46
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Shards of Alara #45) 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
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€0.543 days ago
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€0.593 days ago
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.62today
The Comic HunterNM · todayNMregularCA$1.04today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.76today
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€0.713 days ago
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.87today
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.88today
CardTraderNM · 3 days agoNMregular€0.853 days ago
TopDeck HeroHP · todayHPregularCA$1.39today
Magic StrongholdHP · yesterdayHPregularCA$1.40yesterday
401 GamesMP · todayMPregularCA$1.50today
The Mystic StoreSP · 7 days agoSPregularCA$1.597 days ago
CardTraderHP · foil · 3 days agoHPfoil€2.193 days ago
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$2.55today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$2.91today
TopDeck HeroSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$4.49today
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€2.853 days ago
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€2.90today
CardTraderNM · foil · 3 days agoNMfoil€3.103 days ago
ManaPoolHP · foil · todayHPfoil$3.46today
CardTraderMP · foil · 3 days agoMPfoil€4.053 days ago

Truncated: 27 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 49 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 7 lists
  • Played in 2 decks

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All printings

Set#RarityUSD
Shards of Alara#45 · rare45rare$1.43