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Plague Engineer

Plague Engineer Price

5 printings · 5 sets · first printed 2019

Cheapest $0.27
Median $0.82
Highest $6.40
EDHREC Rank #16,022

Plague Engineer has been printed 5 times across 5 sets, first in 2019 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is The List #MH1-100 at $0.27, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #1215 at $6.40 — about 24× more. The median across 4 priced printings is $0.82. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 5x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts.

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Every Plague Engineer Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
The List #MH1-100 (R) Cheapest 2024 $0.27 —
Modern Horizons #100 (R) 2019 $0.36 $0.04
Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts #14 (R) Foil 2021 $1.29 $0.36 foil
Secret Lair Drop #1215 (R) Foil 2023 $6.40 $1.10 foil
Magic Online Promos #91257 (R) 2024 — —

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.

Oracle Text
Creature — Phyrexian Carrier
Deathtouch

As this creature enters, choose a creature type.

Creatures of the chosen type your opponents control get -1/-1.
2 / 2
Legal In
Modern Legacy Vintage Commander Penny Dreadful

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.

Official Judge Precedents

2 Precedents

You must choose an existing creature type, such as Sliver or Warrior. Card types such as artifact, and supertypes such as legendary or snow, can’t be chosen.

The choice of creature type is made as Plague Engineer enters the battlefield. Players can’t respond to this choice. The -1/-1 effect starts applying immediately.