Trap Essence

Khans of Tarkir · #209 · rare · EN

€0.11 · Foil $0.25

cheapest of 72 store offers · see all

market $0.26 · Foil $0.57

Mana cost: {G}{U}{R}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Counterspell

Counter target creature spell. Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature.

Artist: Raymond Swanland

Released: 2014-09-26

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.26
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.57
  • Cardmarket: €0.27
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.50
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$0.57$0.20
234 days of daily prices for Trap Essence: $0.22 to $0.26
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $0.22 → $0.26 (+18%) · low $0.20 · high $0.57
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Khans of Tarkir #209) in 10 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 · todaySPregular€0.11today
Magic StrongholdHP · yesterdayHPregularCA$0.18yesterday
CardTraderMP · todayMPregular€0.12today
Magic StrongholdMP · yesterdayMPregularCA$0.20yesterday
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
CardTraderNM · todayNMregular€0.14today
Magic StrongholdSP · yesterdaySPregularCA$0.24yesterday
Le Coin Du JeuDM · 6 days agoDMregularCA$0.256 days ago
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.20today
Atlas CollectablesNM · todayNMregularCA$0.29today
Le Coin Du JeuHP · 6 days agoHPregularCA$0.306 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.25today
Magic StrongholdSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoilCA$0.45yesterday
ManaPoolDM · foil · todayDMfoil$0.33today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.44today
CardTraderDM · todayDMregular€0.42today
CardTraderSP · foil · todaySPfoil€0.45today
ManaPoolHP · foil · todayHPfoil$0.52today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.52today
GameKeeperNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoilCA$0.75yesterday
401 GamesMP · foil · todayMPfoilCA$0.75today
CardTraderNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.49today
CardTraderMP · foil · todayMPfoil€0.84today

Truncated: 46 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 72 in total.

Format legality

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

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 20 lists
  • Played in 1 deck
  • 27 copies tracked

All printings of Trap Essence

USD · low $0.26 · high $1.17

Set#RarityUSD
Khans of Tarkir Promos#209s · rare209srare$1.17 foil
Khans of Tarkir#209 · rare209rare$0.26