Gandalf, Goblins' Bane (Borderless)
The Hobbit · 242 · M
Gandalf, Goblins' Bane (Borderless)
The Hobbit · 242 · M
Fair value · Near Mint · Foil
$24.13
−60%90dAStrong confidencelikely $19.50 – $29.86
- Fair value
- Lowest ask $24.00
- Last sale $23.98
- Market Price $27.33
- Lowest ask
- $24.00
- Last sale
- $23.98yesterday
- Sold, 30 days
- 10Very liquid
- Market Price
- $27.33
Worked out from sales
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Price history
Every Foil sale we've read, grouped by when and for how much they sold, with the fair value line through them. Hover a day or week for what sold; the legend adds the other conditions. Past today is the forecast.
- Fair value · NM
- $24.13
- Change · 30d
- −29%
- Sales counted
- 10~2/day
- Most NM sold for
- $23 – $27
The line is fair value over time, from sales only, ending at today's. Bubbles group sales that sold close together, sized by how many: solid ones count toward fair value, hollow ones were left out. The strip along the bottom counts sales.
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Every condition
What a Foil copy is worth in each condition, from its own sales. Pick a row to switch the page to it.
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Sales
How each Foil near mint copy sold, price and shipping, newest first. Times are US Central.
Oct 31
5:54 PM
Online · Buy it now$23.98
free ship
Oct 30
9:16 PM
Online · Buy it now$24.00
incl. $1.50 ship
Oct 30
9:39 AM
Online · Buy it now$24.00
free ship
Oct 29
8:18 PM
Online · Buy it now$24.00
free ship
Oct 29
7:09 PM
Online · Buy it now$18.47
free ship
Oct 29
5:09 PM
Online · Buy it now$42.98
incl. $4.99 ship
Oct 28
11:16 PM
Online · Buy it now$23.49
incl. $0.99 ship
Oct 28
10:02 PM
Online · Buy it now$26.75
free ship
Oct 28
5:26 PM
In person · Texas · Sale$29.99
free ship
Oct 28
4:45 PM
Online · Buy it now$23.00
free ship
In person · Texas · SaleShowing the latest 10 of 45 Near Mint Foil sales.
Every sale, its price, shipping and how it sold — on any paid plan.
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Liquidity
How easily this copy turns into cash: how often it sells, how recently, and how many are waiting to.
Very liquidliquidity
Sells about 2 a day · last sold yesterday
- Sales a week
- 15
- Between sales
- 12h
- about 2 a day
- Last sold
- yesterday
- Sold, 30 days
- 10
- Typical sale, 30 days
- $29.13
- trimmed average of counted sales
- Listed now
- 127
- about 9 weeks of sales
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Outlook
Where fair value has been heading, read in Forecast's outlook words. Forecast Pro adds where it goes next, and why.
Outlook · 90d
Storm watch
Fair value is dropping hard over the last few weeks.
- 7d
- −12%
- 30d
- −28%
- 90d
- −60%
Change to today's $24.13
From sales only · 10 sold, 30d
Forecast Pro
See where this card goes next — and why.
- The expected move over the next 30 days, with its likely range
- This card's forecast drawn out of its price history
- The reasons behind the call, and the catalysts on the calendar
- How the last forecast for this card turned out
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Play
Where the card is legal, and how much competitive play it sees.
Formats
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
- CommanderLegal
For every printing of this card, from Scryfall.
Competitive play
Share of top-placing tournament decks that play this card (every printing counts), last 90 days. Bigger events, better finishes and newer decks count more. Constructed: MTGO and Melee results via the MTGO Decklist Cache. cEDH: EDHTop16 with data from TopDeck.gg. Commander: EDHREC. See the meta
| Format | Tier | Decks | Copies | Top 8s | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cEDH | DFringe placements (0.5–3%) | 1.4%(171) | 1.0 | 60 | −0.0% |
| Standard | DFringe placements (0.5–3%) | 1.1%(40) | 3.4 | 4 | +0.6% |
| Pioneer | DFringe placements (0.5–3%) | 0.6%(8) | 2.0 | 4 | −0.8% |
| Legacy | FSeen, but rarely (under 0.5%) | 0.1%(5) | 1.8 | 1 | −0.2% |
| Modern | FSeen, but rarely (under 0.5%) | 0.0%(14) | 1.6 | 0 | −0.0% |
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Details
- Game
- Magic: The Gathering
- Set
- The Hobbit (HOB)
- Number
- 242
- Rarity
- M
- Artist
- James Bousema
- Type
- Single
- Released
- Aug 14, 2026
- P
- 2
- T
- 3
- SubType
- Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
- OracleText
- Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Gandalf gets +1/+1 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to each opponent. Flameshape 1R Sorcery — Adventure Look at the top two cards of your library and exile them face down. For as long as they remain exiled, you may play them if you control a Wizard.
Pull odds
Open a pack- FoilM (traditional foil book cover card) · The Hobbit - Collector Booster Pack1 in 167 packs0.60%
- NormalM (book cover card) · The Hobbit - Collector Booster Pack1 in 91 packs1.10%
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