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TCGPlayer listingsShould you sell Garbage Elemental?
Yes. The best buylist for Garbage Elemental — right now CardKingdom at $8.50 — is at the top of its range, so this is one of the strongest moments to sell.
As of 10 Oct 2026, the best buylist price is $8.50, with CardKingdom buying 4 copies.
That works out to +0.0% over the last 7 days and +0.0% over the last 30 days.
The good sell price is $8.50, and it normally sits around $8.50.
The most any store we track has paid in the last 90 days is $8.50.
It last touched that best of $8.50 around 26 Apr 2026.
What each buylist pays for Garbage Elemental today
| Buylist | Pays you | Buying |
|---|---|---|
| CardKingdom | $8.50 best | 4 copies |
| Star City Games | $2.50 | not published |
We quote whichever of them pays the most. A store with no quote is one that is not buying this card at all right now, and Star City Games does not publish how many copies it wants, so that column is blank for them rather than zero.
Prices come from the buylists we track (CardKingdom and Star City Games). Updated 10 Oct 2026.
What selling Garbage Elemental yourself would leave you
A buylist is a standing offer. You send the cards, the store checks them, and you are paid, usually within a few days of them arriving. The price you were quoted is the price you get.
A marketplace listing is not an offer. It is you asking. You write the listing, you pack and post every order yourself, and you are paid only when somebody decides to buy, which might be this week, next month, or never. The figures below are what a sale would leave you if it happens at today’s asking price.
That gap is the whole reason this site exists. Waiting is sometimes worth real money and sometimes worth a few percent, and the only way to know which is to price both.
| Marketplace | Listings sit at | You would clear |
|---|---|---|
| TCGPlayer | $8.50 (Low) | $7.38 |
| ManaPool | $13.00 (Low) | $11.97 best |
On ManaPool that estimate is the listing price minus Marketplace fee $0.65, Payment processing $0.38, plus $0.30 per order at checkout. Postage and the packaging are yours on top, and are not in the number.
These marketplace figures are our own estimate, worked out from listing prices and published seller fees. They are not a quote, nobody is offering to pay them, and they assume the card actually sells. The buylist figure beside them is a real offer you can take today.
How we work out the good sell price for Garbage Elemental
Every price on this page comes from the buylists we track (CardKingdom and Star City Games), which is what a store pays to buy a card from you. For each store we look at the last 90 days for Garbage Elemental and take the best across them, counting only the times a store was actually buying it, because a price nobody is buying at is not a price you could ever get.
We weight each price by how long it stayed in place. A price that held for three weeks tells you far more than one that lasted an hour, so the steady levels matter more than brief spikes.
From that history we work out three numbers for Garbage Elemental:
- Normal ($8.50). The price the buylist sits at most of the time.
- Good ($8.50). A strong price that comes up often enough to be worth waiting for. It sits near the top of the realistic range with one off spikes stripped out, so it is a target you can expect to reach again rather than a fluke.
- Best ($8.50). The highest any store we track has paid for Garbage Elemental while buying it in this period.
We mark Garbage Elemental as a sell once the current buylist reaches its good price, give or take a few percent, and as a hold below that.
What the numbers mean
- Current buylist. The best a store we track (CardKingdom and Star City Games) pays for Garbage Elemental right now.
- Wanted. How many copies that store is buying at that price. Zero means buying is paused for the moment.
- Retail (NM). What CardKingdom charges to sell you a near mint copy. We show it for context, but our signals are about selling, so the buylist is what we focus on.
Buylist price history for Garbage Elemental
| Date | Best buylist | Store |
|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2026 | $8.50 | CardKingdom |
| 26 Apr 2026 | $10.20 | CardKingdom |
| 13 Apr 2026 | $9.60 | CardKingdom |
Each row is a change in the best buylist price across the stores we track, and which store was paying it.
Questions about selling Garbage Elemental
Should you sell Garbage Elemental now?
Yes. The best buylist for Garbage Elemental (CardKingdom) is at the top of its range, so this is one of the strongest moments to sell it.
How is the good sell price for Garbage Elemental calculated?
The good price of $8.50 is the time-weighted 90th percentile of the best buylist across the stores we track (CardKingdom and Star City Games) for Garbage Elemental over the last 90 days, counting only the times a store was actually buying and with one-off spikes removed. It is a high the card reaches often enough to be worth holding out for.
What is the best buylist price for Garbage Elemental right now?
As of 10 Oct 2026, the best buylist price for Garbage Elemental is $8.50 at CardKingdom. It normally sits around $8.50. The most any store has paid in the last 90 days is $8.50.
Which store pays the most for Garbage Elemental?
As of 10 Oct 2026, CardKingdom at $8.50. That is $6.00 more than Star City Games at $2.50. TCGSentry checks every buylist we track and always quotes you the highest of them.
How quickly do you get paid for Garbage Elemental?
A buylist pays you once the store receives and checks the cards, usually within a few days of them arriving, at the price you were quoted. A marketplace pays you only when somebody buys, and nothing makes that happen on a schedule: it can be days or it can be months, and you pack and post each order yourself. That difference is why a buylist price a little below the marketplace estimate is often the better deal.
About Garbage Elemental
Garbage Elemental is a uncommon foil Magic: The Gathering card from Unstable (#082F). The prices on this page come from the public buylist feeds of the stores we track (CardKingdom and Star City Games) plus CardKingdom retail, last updated 10 Oct 2026.