Spell Swindle

As of Aug 9, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Spell Swindle is $1.28 (XLN #82), and the most expensive is $4.26 (PXLN #82s, Prerelease, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.28, down 1.5% over 7 days, down 42.6% over 30 days, down 16.3% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $2.40 (2026).

Spell Swindle has 5 tracked printings across 4 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including promo pack and prerelease treatments.

XLN #82

$1.28

CK $2.79 / $0.70 45%

MP $1.20 53 avail

MOC #237

$2.11 +65%

CK $2.99 / $1.35 36%

MP $1.22 139 avail

PLST #XLN-82

$2.40 +87%

CK $2.99 / $1.50 38%

MP $1.10 38 avail

PXLN #82p Promo Pack

$2.55 +99%

CK $3.49 / $1.75 31%

MP $2.61 8 avail

XLN #82 Foil

$3.63 +184%

CK $4.99 / $2.00 45%

MP $2.89 11 avail

PXLN #82s Prerelease Foil

$4.26 +233%

CK $6.49 / $3.70 13%

MP $5.57 4 avail

PXLN #82p Promo Pack Foil

CK $8.99 / $4.50

MP $5.21 3 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $4.50 cash for PXLN #82p (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

• Sep 29, 2017 For spells with {X} in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.
• Sep 29, 2017 You may target a spell that can't be countered. When Spell Swindle resolves, the target spell will be unaffected, but you'll still get Treasures.

Spell Swindle has been reprinted 7 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
MOC #237	2023-04-21	Rare	Standard
PLST #XLN-82	2022-04-29	Rare	Standard
XLN #82	2017-09-29	Rare	Standard
XLN #82	2017-09-29	Rare	Standard
PXLN #82s	2017-09-29	Rare	Prerelease
PXLN #82p	2017-09-29	Rare	Promo Pack
PXLN #82p	2017-09-29	Rare	Promo Pack

Spell Swindle is the #3,079 most-played card on EDHREC, down 64 places over the last 30 days.