Unstable
Unstable (ust) is a mainline Magic: The Gathering set from 2017-12-08 with 268 catalogued printings. Island near $74.89 anchors current chase interest. Median reference $0.69 across priced printings. Cactaur aggregates rarity splits, chase links, and a completion value snapshot so collectors and future sellers share one factual set index keyed to magic:en:ust.
What is Unstable?
Unstable is a mainline release within Magic: The Gathering, dated 2017-12-08 in our catalog. Notable market references include Island, Swamp, Forest. Priced printings center around a $0.69 median snapshot. Catalog key magic:en:ust powers this hub: rarity counts, chase links, and a full card table so you can plan singles purchases or future marketplace bids with the same data Cactaur uses on card pages.
What is Unstable?
Unstable is catalogued as a mainline Magic: The Gathering set under slug ust. Cactaur lists 268 printings compared with an official count of 268, pulling rarity, artwork, and market references from our ingest pipeline. Set pages complement card detail pages by showing how chase cards rank within the entire pool and how rarities stack for completionists.
When was Unstable released?
Released 2017-12-08, Unstable belongs to the Magic: The Gathering era. Collectors use release timing to judge supply: early sets often dry up once rotation or reprint news hits. Official count 268; indexed 268. Unstable is indexed under slug ust in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
What are the chase cards in Unstable?
Top of the Unstable market snapshot: Island, Swamp, Forest, Plains. These names anchor most sealed-to-singles arbitrage math; verify holo/reverse variants on each card page before you buy. Unstable is indexed under slug ust in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
How much is Unstable worth?
Adding priced singles yields a $802.35 rough index across 268 printings (low $0.10, median $0.69, high $74.89). That sum is not a sealed-box price—it is a catalog thought experiment for set completion at near-mint references. Unstable is indexed under slug ust in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
How do you complete Unstable?
Booster-set completion for Unstable usually means opening product, trading duplicates, and buying missing holos. Use related sets below to spot overlapping trainers or energy cards that reduce spend. Unstable is indexed under slug ust in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
Chase cards
Rarity breakdown
| Common | 102 |
|---|---|
| Uncommon | 90 |
| Rare | 61 |
| Mythic | 15 |
All cards in Unstable
| Card | # | Rarity | Market USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island | 213 | Common | $74.89 |
| Swamp | 214 | Common | $46.61 |
| Forest | 216 | Common | $41.17 |
| Plains | 212 | Common | $39.31 |
| Garbage Elemental | 82c | Uncommon | $35.99 |
| Mountain | 215 | Common | $34.92 |
| Urza, Academy Headmaster | 136 | Mythic | $31.52 |
| Split Screen | 158 | Rare | $28.02 |
| Sly Spy | 67f | Uncommon | $27.49 |
| Earl of Squirrel | 108 | Rare | $17.34 |
| Everythingamajig | 147e | Rare | $16.86 |
| Krark's Other Thumb | 151 | Uncommon | $14.34 |
| Very Cryptic Command | 49d | Rare | $12.48 |
| Garbage Elemental | 82b | Uncommon | $10.90 |
| Extremely Slow Zombie | 54c | Common | $10.49 |
| Very Cryptic Command | 49c | Rare | $9.79 |
| Sword of Dungeons & Dragons | 163 | Mythic | $9.11 |
| Pet Project | 198 | Mythic | $8.60 |
| Garbage Elemental | 82d | Uncommon | $8.01 |
| Extremely Slow Zombie | 54d | Common | $7.70 |
| Half-Shark, Half- | 35 | Uncommon | $7.46 |
| Accessories to Murder | 167 | Uncommon | $7.40 |
| Extremely Slow Zombie | 54a | Common | $7.40 |
| Crow Storm | 31 | Uncommon | $7.20 |
| Steel Squirrel | 162 | Uncommon | $7.10 |
| Very Cryptic Command | 49b | Rare | $7.05 |
| Squirrel Dealer | 123 | Common | $6.68 |
| Secret Base | 165b | Common | $6.49 |
| Sly Spy | 67a | Uncommon | $6.42 |
| Secret Base | 165c | Common | $5.98 |
| Chittering Doom | 104 | Uncommon | $5.38 |
| Very Cryptic Command | 49a | Rare | $5.00 |
| Extremely Slow Zombie | 54b | Common | $4.73 |
| Modular Monstrosity | 155 | Rare | $4.72 |
| Sly Spy | 67b | Uncommon | $4.56 |
| Optical Optimizer | 197 | Uncommon | $4.55 |
| Garbage Elemental | 82f | Uncommon | $4.33 |
| Bee-Bee Gun | 171 | Mythic | $4.01 |
| Everythingamajig | 147b | Rare | $4.00 |
| Hard Hat Area | 187 | Mythic | $3.96 |
| Target Minotaur | 98b | Common | $3.95 |
| Target Minotaur | 98d | Common | $3.56 |
| Baron Von Count | 127 | Mythic | $3.28 |
| Adorable Kitten | 1 | Common | $3.27 |
| Ineffable Blessing | 113c | Rare | $3.22 |
| The Grand Calcutron | 131 | Mythic | $3.11 |
| Everythingamajig | 147a | Rare | $3.00 |
| Infinity Elemental | 88 | Mythic | $2.86 |
| Thud-for-Duds | 206 | Uncommon | $2.83 |
| Summon the Pack | 74 | Mythic | $2.64 |
| Everythingamajig | 147d | Rare | $2.63 |
| Secret Base | 165d | Common | $2.60 |
| Everythingamajig | 147f | Rare | $2.50 |
| Beast in Show | 103b | Common | $2.46 |
| Beast in Show | 103a | Common | $2.34 |
| Rapid Prototyper | 200 | Mythic | $2.33 |
| Widget Contraption | 211 | Uncommon | $2.27 |
| Beast in Show | 103d | Common | $2.19 |
| Despondent Killbot | 145c | Common | $2.19 |
| Squirrel-Powered Scheme | 70 | Uncommon | $2.19 |
| Faerie Aerie | 181 | Mythic | $2.09 |
| Sly Spy | 67d | Uncommon | $2.03 |
| Ineffable Blessing | 113d | Rare | $2.00 |
| Oaken Power Suit | 196 | Rare | $2.00 |
| Very Cryptic Command | 49e | Rare | $1.92 |
| Amateur Auteur | 3c | Common | $1.85 |
| Novellamental | 41b | Common | $1.79 |
| Half-Kitten, Half- | 9 | Uncommon | $1.78 |
| Super-Duper Death Ray | 97 | Uncommon | $1.77 |
| Jamming Device | 192 | Uncommon | $1.76 |
| X | 137 | Rare | $1.73 |
| Dispatch Dispensary | 176 | Uncommon | $1.72 |
| Gnomeball Machine | 184 | Uncommon | $1.67 |
| Everythingamajig | 147c | Rare | $1.64 |
| Dr. Julius Jumblemorph | 130 | Mythic | $1.60 |
| Three-Headed Goblin | 99 | Rare | $1.59 |
| Insufferable Syphon | 191 | Uncommon | $1.45 |
| Novellamental | 41a | Common | $1.42 |
| Very Cryptic Command | 49f | Rare | $1.41 |
| Grusilda, Monster Masher | 132 | Rare | $1.40 |
| Turbo-Thwacking Auto-Hammer | 209 | Uncommon | $1.40 |
| Goblin Haberdasher | 83 | Uncommon | $1.34 |
| Secret Base | 165e | Common | $1.29 |
| Gift Horse | 183 | Rare | $1.26 |
| Inflation Station | 190 | Common | $1.26 |
| Better Than One | 128 | Rare | $1.25 |
| Animate Library | 26 | Rare | $1.22 |
| Genetic Recombinator | 182 | Uncommon | $1.21 |
| Monkey- | 115 | Uncommon | $1.19 |
| Proper Laboratory Attire | 156 | Uncommon | $1.19 |
| Amateur Auteur | 3d | Common | $1.18 |
| Targeting Rocket | 205 | Uncommon | $1.17 |
| Hammer Jammer | 86 | Uncommon | $1.14 |
| Sundering Fork | 204 | Uncommon | $1.12 |
| Hangman | 56 | Rare | $1.09 |
| Neural Network | 195 | Uncommon | $1.08 |
| Entirely Normal Armchair | 146 | Uncommon | $1.05 |
| Arms Depot | 169 | Uncommon | $1.01 |
| Duplication Device | 180 | Rare | $1.00 |
| Knight of the Kitchen Sink | 12b | Uncommon | $1.00 |
| Lobe Lobber | 153 | Uncommon | $0.99 |
| Snickering Squirrel | 68 | Common | $0.97 |
| Hydradoodle | 112 | Rare | $0.96 |
| First Pick | 109 | Uncommon | $0.94 |
| Beast in Show | 103c | Common | $0.93 |
| Half-Squirrel, Half- | 111 | Uncommon | $0.93 |
| Goblin Slingshot | 185 | Rare | $0.90 |
| Blurry Beeble | 27 | Common | $0.89 |
| Half-Orc, Half- | 84 | Uncommon | $0.88 |
| Box of Free-Range Goblins | 77 | Common | $0.87 |
| Slaying Mantis | 122 | Uncommon | $0.87 |
| Quick-Stick Lick Trick | 199 | Common | $0.86 |
| Spike, Tournament Grinder | 69 | Rare | $0.85 |
| Guest List | 186 | Rare | $0.84 |
| Jackknight | 11 | Rare | $0.84 |
| Kindly Cognician | 37 | Uncommon | $0.84 |
| Do-It-Yourself Seraph | 6 | Mythic | $0.83 |
| Hypnotic Swirly Disc | 189 | Rare | $0.83 |
| Steam-Powered | 161 | Uncommon | $0.81 |
| Angelic Rocket | 139 | Rare | $0.80 |
| Five-Finger Discount | 33 | Uncommon | $0.80 |
| Buzzing Whack-a-Doodle | 141 | Uncommon | $0.79 |
| Dual Doomsuits | 179 | Rare | $0.79 |
| Clever Combo | 105 | Uncommon | $0.77 |
| Ineffable Blessing | 113e | Rare | $0.77 |
| Watermarket | 166 | Rare | $0.76 |
| Amateur Auteur | 3b | Common | $0.75 |
| Hot Fix | 133 | Rare | $0.73 |
| Ineffable Blessing | 113f | Rare | $0.73 |
| Ol' Buzzbark | 134 | Mythic | $0.73 |
| Rules Lawyer | 20 | Rare | $0.73 |
| Inhumaniac | 59 | Uncommon | $0.72 |
| Enraged Killbot | 145d | Common | $0.70 |
| Rhino- | 18 | Uncommon | $0.70 |
| Cogmentor | 143 | Uncommon | $0.69 |
| Druid of the Sacred Beaker | 106 | Uncommon | $0.69 |
| Lackey Recycler | 193 | Common | $0.69 |
| Suspicious Nanny | 47 | Uncommon | $0.69 |
| Refibrillator | 202 | Rare | $0.68 |
| Shaggy Camel | 22 | Common | $0.67 |
| More or Less | 40 | Uncommon | $0.66 |
| Record Store | 201 | Rare | $0.66 |
| Tread Mill | 208 | Common | $0.66 |
| Bumbling Pangolin | 78 | Common | $0.65 |
| Knight of the Kitchen Sink | 12a | Uncommon | $0.65 |
| Robo- | 157 | Uncommon | $0.65 |
| Clock of DOOOOOOOOOOOOM! | 142 | Uncommon | $0.64 |
| Oddly Uneven | 15 | Rare | $0.64 |
| Ineffable Blessing | 113a | Rare | $0.63 |
| Over My Dead Bodies | 63 | Rare | $0.63 |
| Old-Fashioned Vampire | 62 | Uncommon | $0.62 |
| Shellephant | 121 | Uncommon | $0.62 |
| Big Boa Constrictor | 51 | Common | $0.60 |
| Dogsnail Engine | 178 | Uncommon | $0.60 |
| Ordinary Pony | 17 | Common | $0.60 |
| Spy Eye | 46 | Uncommon | $0.60 |
| Twiddlestick Charger | 210 | Common | $0.60 |
| Common Iguana | 79 | Common | $0.59 |
| Contraption Cannon | 144 | Uncommon | $0.57 |
| Ineffable Blessing | 113b | Rare | $0.57 |
| Mary O'Kill | 138 | Rare | $0.57 |
| The Countdown Is at One | 80 | Rare | $0.57 |
| Dirty Rat | 53 | Common | $0.56 |
| Overt Operative | 64 | Uncommon | $0.56 |
| As Luck Would Have It | 102 | Rare | $0.55 |
| Chivalrous Chevalier | 5 | Common | $0.55 |
| Dictation Quillograph | 175 | Common | $0.55 |
| Graveyard Busybody | 34 | Rare | $0.55 |
| Just Desserts | 90 | Common | $0.55 |
| Mad Science Fair Project | 154 | Common | $0.55 |
| The Big Idea | 76 | Rare | $0.55 |
| Masterful Ninja | 60 | Rare | $0.54 |
| Top-Secret Tunnel | 207 | Common | $0.54 |
| Crafty Octopus | 30 | Common | $0.53 |
| Ninja | 61 | Uncommon | $0.52 |
| Steamfloggery | 96 | Uncommon | $0.52 |
| Cramped Bunker | 129 | Rare | $0.51 |
| Gimme Five | 7 | Uncommon | $0.51 |
| Wild Crocodile | 125 | Common | $0.51 |
| Delighted Killbot | 145b | Common | $0.50 |
| Hammerfest Boomtacular | 87 | Uncommon | $0.50 |
| Head Banger | 188 | Common | $0.50 |
| Mandatory Friendship Shackles | 194 | Common | $0.50 |
| Side Quest | 23 | Uncommon | $0.50 |
| Sly Spy | 67c | Uncommon | $0.50 |
| Subcontract | 73 | Common | $0.50 |
| Willing Test Subject | 126 | Common | $0.50 |
| Kindslaver | 150 | Rare | $0.49 |
| Aerial Toastmaster | 2 | Uncommon | $0.48 |
| Steamflogger of the Month | 94 | Rare | $0.48 |
| Steamflogger Temp | 95 | Uncommon | $0.48 |
| Wall of Fortune | 50 | Common | $0.48 |
| Knight of the Kitchen Sink | 12d | Uncommon | $0.47 |
| S.N.E.A.K. Dispatcher | 43 | Uncommon | $0.47 |
| Success! | 24 | Common | $0.47 |
| Buzz Buggy | 173 | Common | $0.46 |
| Feisty Stegosaurus | 81 | Common | $0.46 |
| Knight of the Kitchen Sink | 12f | Uncommon | $0.46 |
| Knight of the Widget | 13 | Uncommon | $0.46 |
| Humming- | 10 | Common | $0.45 |
| Labro Bot | 152 | Uncommon | $0.45 |
| Wrench-Rigger | 101 | Common | $0.45 |
| Zombified | 75 | Uncommon | $0.45 |
| Deadly Poison Sampler | 174 | Rare | $0.44 |
| GO TO JAIL | 8 | Common | $0.44 |
| Hazmat Suit (Used) | 57 | Common | $0.44 |
| Numbing Jellyfish | 42 | Common | $0.44 |
| Phoebe, Head of S.N.E.A.K. | 135 | Mythic | $0.44 |
| Serpentine | 120 | Rare | $0.44 |
| Socketed Sprocketer | 44 | Uncommon | $0.44 |
| Steady-Handed Mook | 71 | Common | $0.44 |
| Teacher's Pet | 25 | Uncommon | $0.44 |
| Ground Pounder | 110 | Common | $0.43 |
| Joyride Rigger | 114 | Common | $0.43 |
| Knight of the Kitchen Sink | 12c | Uncommon | $0.43 |
| Sap Sucker | 203 | Common | $0.43 |
| Auto-Key | 170 | Common | $0.41 |
| Novellamental | 41c | Common | $0.41 |
| Hoisted Hireling | 58 | Common | $0.40 |
| Selfie Preservation | 119 | Common | $0.40 |
| Skull Saucer | 66 | Uncommon | $0.40 |
| Applied Aeronautics | 168 | Common | $0.39 |
| Defective Detective | 32 | Common | $0.39 |
| Hammer Helper | 85 | Common | $0.39 |
| Steamflogger Boss | 93 | Rare | $0.39 |
| By Gnome Means | 4 | Rare | $0.38 |
| Knight of the Kitchen Sink | 12e | Uncommon | $0.38 |
| Sly Spy | 67e | Uncommon | $0.38 |
| Target Minotaur | 98a | Common | $0.38 |
| Work a Double | 100 | Common | $0.38 |
| Boomflinger | 172 | Common | $0.37 |
| Gnome-Made Engine | 148 | Common | $0.37 |
| Incite Insight | 36 | Rare | $0.37 |
| Riveting Rigger | 19 | Common | $0.37 |
| Chipper Chopper | 28 | Common | $0.36 |
| Spell Suck | 45 | Common | $0.36 |
| Staff of the Letter Magus | 159 | Uncommon | $0.36 |
| Steamflogger Service Rep | 124 | Uncommon | $0.36 |
| Time Out | 48 | Common | $0.36 |
| "Rumors of My Death . . ." | 65 | Uncommon | $0.35 |
| Painiac | 91 | Common | $0.35 |
| Sacrifice Play | 21 | Common | $0.35 |
| Stinging Scorpion | 72 | Common | $0.35 |
| Clocknapper | 29 | Rare | $0.33 |
| Midlife Upgrade | 14 | Uncommon | $0.33 |
| Multi-Headed | 117 | Common | $0.33 |
| Party Crasher | 92 | Uncommon | $0.33 |
| capital offense | 52 | Common | $0.32 |
| Mer Man | 39 | Common | $0.32 |
| Really Epic Punch | 118 | Common | $0.32 |
| Border Guardian | 140 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Garbage Elemental | 82a | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Eager Beaver | 107 | Common | $0.30 |
| Garbage Elemental | 82e | Uncommon | $0.30 |
| Stamp of Approval | 160 | Uncommon | $0.30 |
| Handy Dandy Clone Machine | 149 | Rare | $0.29 |
| Mother Kangaroo | 116 | Common | $0.29 |
| It That Gets Left Hanging | 89 | Common | $0.27 |
| Voracious Vacuum | 164 | Common | $0.27 |
| Finders, Keepers | 55 | Common | $0.26 |
| Division Table | 177 | Common | $0.24 |
| Magic Word | 38 | Common | $0.24 |
| Old Guard | 16 | Common | $0.24 |
| Curious Killbot | 145a | Common | $0.18 |
| Novellamental | 41d | Common | $0.18 |
| Amateur Auteur | 3a | Common | $0.17 |
| Secret Base | 165a | Common | $0.13 |
| Target Minotaur | 98c | Common | $0.10 |
FAQ
How many cards are in Unstable?
Cactaur indexes 268 printings in Unstable; official count is 268. Variant or promo printings can push the indexed total above the number on the booster box.
When did Unstable release?
Unstable shows a catalog release date of 2017-12-08 for this English Magic: The Gathering entry. Unstable is indexed under slug ust in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
What is the most expensive card in Unstable?
Island leads references around $74.89 in our latest snapshot. Prices change with condition and market volume. Unstable is indexed under slug ust in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
Is Unstable good for beginners?
Unstable works for collectors who already know the format. Beginners may prefer a starter deck before chasing rare pulls from this set. Unstable is indexed under slug ust in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
Where can I track Unstable prices?
Use this Cactaur set page for a snapshot, then open individual card pages for ongoing market references. Future marketplace features will anchor off the same data attributes on each row.