Card text
If this spell is the first spell you've cast this game, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Cheapest
US$6.75
at TCGplayer · postage at checkout
Cheapest · the United States
US$6.75
In stock at · US
4 stores
7 stores in other markets
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Cheapest first by item price; postage is added at each store's checkout. How we compare prices →
Price comparison (4) · the United States
oldest listing 11h ago- 1US$6.75→
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lowest listingIn stockpostage at checkoutupdated 11h agoPaid link
- 2US$7.20→
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Card text
If this spell is the first spell you've cast this game, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerBanned
- ModernBanned
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
Price history (USD · lowest price)
TCGplayer market shown in USD at an indicative rate
Now US$7.11Low US$7.11High US$7.11
About Once Upon a Time
This page covers the prerelease printing of Once Upon a Time (169s), an Green Instant from Prerelease Cards (PRE). It is printed at Rare rarity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander and Brawl and 2 more formats.
We track no other printing of 169s in this set, so there is no base card here to compare its price with.
The cheapest listing in the United States is US$6.75, level with TCGplayer's US$7.11 market price. 4 stores have it in stock, and the next-cheapest listing is US$7.20, only 7% more, so postage will decide the order.
Across 4 markets the prices sit close together; Canada is cheapest, but not by enough to cover shipping. In each market's own currency the cheapest listings read C$8.90 in Canada, US$6.75 in the United States, A$11.00 in Australia and £9.43 in the United Kingdom. Conversions use indicative exchange rates, and postage, duty and import tax are not included, so a cheaper market elsewhere is a fact about listings and not a reason to import.
The market price moved +0% over the last 7 days; there is not yet a 30-day window to set that against. It is trading at its 90-day high of US$7.11.
Prerelease Cards is a promo release. Once Upon a Time has 4 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
If this spell is the first spell you've cast this game, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Once Upon a Time (Prerelease) 169s cost?
- The cheapest live price for Once Upon a Time (169s) is currently US$6.75 across 5 stores in the United States, and TCGplayer's market price is US$7.11; every other market we cover is compared on this page too. Prices are read once a day.
- How much is Once Upon a Time in other currencies?
- C$8.90 in Canada, US$6.75 in the United States, A$11.00 in Australia and £9.43 in the United Kingdom. Each is a real listing in the currency its seller bills in.
- What set is Once Upon a Time from?
- Once Upon a Time is card 169s from Prerelease Cards (PRE) in Magic: The Gathering. It is a rare Green instant.
- Where can I buy Once Upon a Time?
- Compare every store selling Once Upon a Time across the US, Australia, the UK, Singapore, Canada and the EU on this page, then buy from whichever seller offers the lowest total including postage. MTG Compare links straight through to each store.
Once Upon a Time price by market
Once Upon a Time is cheapest in Canada at C$8.90 (≈ US$6.50) and dearest in the United Kingdom at £9.43 (≈ US$11.94), a 84% spread across the 4 markets stocking it. Each seller bills in its own currency; converted figures are indicative only.
| Market | Cheapest | ≈ USD | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|
| CanadaCheapest | C$8.90postage at checkout ≈ US$6.50 | 3 | |
| United StatesYour market | US$6.75postage at checkout | 4 | |
| Australia | A$11.00postage at checkout ≈ US$7.33 | 2 | |
| United Kingdom | £9.43postage at checkout ≈ US$11.94 | 2 |
Prices are live listings in each market, in the currency that seller charges. The “≈ USD” column is an indicative conversion for comparison only: not a quote, and not what you'll be billed. Stores generally ship within their own market, and international postage, duty and import tax aren't included, so a cheaper market elsewhere isn't necessarily cheaper to get delivered to you.
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Card details
- Card number
- 169s
- Set
- Prerelease Cards (PRE)
- Set type
- Promos
- Released
- —
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Prerelease
- Type line
- Instant
- Colour
- Green
- Colour identity
- Green
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Finish
- Foil
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