Magical Hack Price
14 printings · 13 sets · first printed 1993
Magical Hack has been printed 14 times across 13 sets, first in 1993 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Secret Lair Drop #2141 at $2.20, while the most expensive is Limited Edition Beta #64 at $81.24 — about 37× more. The median across 8 priced printings is $6.16. The cheapest non-foil copy is Fourth Edition #83 at $2.78. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 14x total, including once in the last 2 years.
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Every Magical Hack Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop #2141 (R) Foil Cheapest | 2025 | $2.20 | $1.35 foil |
| Fourth Edition #83 (R) | 1995 | $2.78 | $1.35 |
| Revised Edition #65 (R) | 1994 | $3.60 | — |
| Fifth Edition #101 (R) | 1997 | $3.77 | — |
| Collectors' Edition #64 (R) | 1993 | $8.55 | $5.00 |
| Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #83 (R) | 1995 | $11.99 | — |
| Unlimited Edition #64 (R) | 1993 | $24.84 | $12.00 |
| Limited Edition Beta #64 (R) | 1993 | $81.24 | — |
| 30th Anniversary Edition #63 (R) | 2022 | — | $15.00 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition #360 (R) | 2022 | — | $46.00 |
| Summer Magic / Edgar #65 (R) | 1994 | — | — |
| Foreign Black Border #65 (R) | 1994 | — | — |
| Intl. Collectors' Edition #64 (R) | 1993 | — | $9.00 |
| Limited Edition Alpha #63 (R) | 1993 | — | $480.00 |
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.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 14 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
9 PrecedentsIt only changes what is printed on the card (or set on a token when it was created or set by a copy effect). It will not change any effects that are on the permanent.
You choose the words to change on resolution.
It can’t change a word to the same word. It must be a different word.
It can be used to change a land’s type from one basic land type to another. For example, Forest can be changed to Island so it produces blue mana. It doesn’t change the name of any permanent.
If you change the text of a spell which is to become a permanent, the permanent will retain the text change until the effect wears off.
Can target a card with no appropriate words on it, or even one with no words at all.
You can’t change proper nouns (i.e. card names) such as “Island Fish Jasconius”.
Alters all occurrences of the chosen word in the text box and the type line of the given card.
Changing the text of a spell will not allow you to change the targets of the spell because the targets were chosen when the spell was cast. The text change will (probably) cause it to be countered since the targets will be illegal.