The Wandering Minstrel
FINFinal Fantasy/#515/2025Rare
Colour IDMV 2
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$1.49
Cardmarket€1.50
ManaPool$0.52
TCGplayer$1.23
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.23
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.02 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $0.52High $1.04Low $0.52▼ 31.6%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$1.23TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▲ 1.7%30d▲ 0.0%90d▲ 19.4%
90d high
$1.29
90d low
$1.03
Paper printings priced
5
Currently 2nd
Cheapest paper printing
$0.35
Final Fantasy
- Up 0.0% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Currently 5% below its 90 day high of $1.29.
- This printing is the 2nd cheapest paper printing currently priced (5 priced in total).
- Foil copies of this printing carry a 1245% premium over nonfoil.
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Gameplay and rules
Legendary Creature — Human Bard
Lands you control enter untapped.
The Minstrel's Ballad — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control five or more Towns, create a 2/2 Elemental creature token that's all colors.
: Other creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Towns you control.
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Card capabilities
CreatureLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Rulings (4)
wotc6 Jun 2025
The value of X is calculated only once, as The Wandering Minstrel's last ability resolves.
wotc6 Jun 2025
The Wandering Minstrel's second ability checks at the moment it would trigger to see if you control five or more Towns. If you don't, the ability won't trigger at all. If it does trigger, the ability will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't control five or more Towns at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
wotc6 Jun 2025
If a land has an ability that says it enters the battlefield tapped, you choose the order in which that ability's effect and The Wandering Minstrel's effect apply. This means you can choose to have the land enter tapped or untapped. If a land you control is simply put onto the battlefield tapped without a replacement effect being applied, it always enters untapped if you control The Wandering Minstrel.
wotc6 Jun 2025
If The Wandering Minstrel would enter the battlefield at the same time a land you control would enter the battlefield tapped, that land still enters the battlefield tapped.
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About this card
The Wandering Minstrel
The Wandering Minstrel is a Legendary Creature — Human Bard, with mana cost {G}{U} (mana value 2). Printed 5 times across MTG sets.
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: legal, Standard: legal, Pioneer: legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $1.23 (up 0.0% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
The Wandering Minstrel FAQ
How much is The Wandering Minstrel worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for The Wandering Minstrel is $1.23. It is up 0.0% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $1.03 to $1.29.
What is the cheapest printing of The Wandering Minstrel?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Final Fantasy at $0.35 on TCGplayer.
What is the most expensive printing of The Wandering Minstrel?
The most expensive currently priced paper printing is from Final Fantasy at $31.27 on TCGplayer.
How many printings of The Wandering Minstrel are there?
The Wandering Minstrel has been printed 5 times in English paper sets that MTGPrices tracks.
What set was The Wandering Minstrel first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from FIN #515, released 2025-06-13.
Is there a foil version of The Wandering Minstrel?
Yes. On this printing, foil copies trade at $16.54 versus $1.23 for nonfoil, which is 1245% more expensive on TCGplayer.
Is The Wandering Minstrel legal in Commander?
Yes, The Wandering Minstrel is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is The Wandering Minstrel legal in Modern?
Yes, The Wandering Minstrel is currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.