Foundry Inspector Price
14 printings · 10 sets · first printed 2016
Foundry Inspector has been printed 14 times across 10 sets, first in 2016 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Foundations Commander #259 at $0.25, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #2106 at $13.27 — about 53× more. The median across 9 priced printings is $0.65. 1 serialized (numbered) printing is listed below but left out of the headline prices. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 14x, including dedicated reprint sets like Foundations Commander, Commander Masters.
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Every Foundry Inspector Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations Commander #259 (U) Cheapest | 2026 | $0.25 | $0.08 |
| Commander Masters #385 (C) | 2023 | $0.39 | $0.20 foil |
| Commander Legends #310 (C) | 2020 | $0.40 | $0.05 |
| Kaladesh #215 (U) | 2016 | $0.42 | $0.07 |
| The List #KLD-215 (U) | 2019 | $0.65 | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #16 (U) | 2022 | $0.65 | $0.03 |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #79 (U) | 2022 | $0.68 | $0.40 |
| Neon Dynasty Commander #152 (C) | 2022 | $1.26 | — |
| Secret Lair Drop #2106 (R) | 2025 | $13.27 | $7.50 foil |
| The Zeta Set #104 (U) | 2026 | — | — |
| The Zeta Set #346 (U) | 2026 | — | — |
| The Zeta Set #225 (U) | 2026 | — | — |
| The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts #79z (U) Foil Serialized | 2022 | — | — |
| Kaladesh Remastered #241 (U) | 2020 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
less to cast.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 14 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
2 PrecedentsOnce a player has announced an artifact spell, no player may take actions to try to remove Foundry Inspector from the battlefield before that spell's cost is locked in.
If an artifact spell has 
in its mana cost, choose the value for X first, and then reduce the cost by . For example, an artifact that costs with X chosen as 4 costs to cast if you control Foundry Inspector.