Scythe of the Wretched

Should you sell Scythe of the Wretched?

Probably not yet. The best buylist for Scythe of the Wretched is still below the good sell price, the level that has proven worth waiting for. Set a price alert and we will tell you the moment it gets there.

As of 10 Oct 2026, the best buylist price is $1.90, with CardKingdom buying 14 copies.

That works out to -38.7% over the last 7 days and -59.6% over the last 30 days.

The good sell price is $4.70, and it normally sits around $4.20.

The most any store we track has paid in the last 90 days is $4.80.

It last touched that best of $4.80 around 16 Aug 2026.

That leaves it $2.80 short of the good price, about 60% below the level worth waiting for.

Over the last 90 days the best buylist reached that level on 3 of the 23 times it changed, so it is a price this card does come back to rather than a one-off.

What each buylist pays for Scythe of the Wretched today

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.

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Prices come from the buylists we track (CardKingdom and Star City Games). Updated 10 Oct 2026.

What selling Scythe of the Wretched 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.

On ManaPool that estimate is the listing price minus Marketplace fee $0.24, Payment processing $0.14, 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 Scythe of the Wretched

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 Scythe of the Wretched 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 Scythe of the Wretched:

• Normal ($4.20). The price the buylist sits at most of the time.
• Good ($4.70). 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 ($4.80). The highest any store we track has paid for Scythe of the Wretched while buying it in this period.

We mark Scythe of the Wretched as a sell once the current buylist reaches its good price, give or take a few percent, and as a hold below that.

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What the numbers mean

• Current buylist. The best a store we track (CardKingdom and Star City Games) pays for Scythe of the Wretched 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 Scythe of the Wretched

Each row is a change in the best buylist price across the stores we track, and which store was paying it.

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Questions about selling Scythe of the Wretched

Should you sell Scythe of the Wretched now?

Not yet. The best buylist pays $1.90 for Scythe of the Wretched today, below the good sell price of $4.70. Set a price alert and TCGSentry will tell you the moment it reaches that level.

How is the good sell price for Scythe of the Wretched calculated?

The good price of $4.70 is the time-weighted 90th percentile of the best buylist across the stores we track (CardKingdom and Star City Games) for Scythe of the Wretched 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 Scythe of the Wretched right now?

As of 10 Oct 2026, the best buylist price for Scythe of the Wretched is $1.90 at CardKingdom. It normally sits around $4.20. The most any store has paid in the last 90 days is $4.80.

Which store pays the most for Scythe of the Wretched?

As of 10 Oct 2026, Star City Games at $3.00. That is $1.10 more than CardKingdom at $1.90. TCGSentry checks every buylist we track and always quotes you the highest of them.

How quickly do you get paid for Scythe of the Wretched?

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 Scythe of the Wretched

Scythe of the Wretched is a rare Magic: The Gathering card from Mirrodin (#239). 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.

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