Spreading Algae

Urza's Saga · #274 · uncommon · EN

$0.22

cheapest of 30 store offers · see all

market $0.45

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: 1998-10-12

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.45
  • Cardmarket: €0.52
  • MTGO tix: 0.07
$0.50$0.41
231 days of daily prices for Spreading Algae: $0.43 to $0.45
2026-01-252026-11-12
231 days tracked · $0.43 → $0.45 (+5%) · low $0.41 · high $0.50
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Urza's Saga #274) 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
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.22today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.24today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.24today
The Southern GeeksHP · 3 days agoHPregular$0.253 days ago
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.25today
GameKeeperSP · 3 days agoSPregularCA$0.373 days ago
CardTraderMP · 2 days agoMPregular€0.242 days ago
Card KingdomMP · 3 days agoMPregular$0.273 days ago
Face To Face GamesSP · todaySPregularCA$0.39today
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.30today
The Comic HunterNM · yesterdayNMregularCA$0.46yesterday
GameKeeperNM · 3 days agoNMregularCA$0.493 days ago
CardTraderHP · 2 days agoHPregular€0.442 days ago
CardTraderDM · 2 days agoDMregular€0.602 days ago

Truncated: 16 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 30 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 16 lists
  • Played in 2 decks
  • 30 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