Community price on backpack.tf: 43.0 keys, last changed 2020-10-17 (5.9y ago). The live quote above, 41.6 keys, is 3% lower and last moved 12h ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $205.85 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-08-31 01:32 UTC (6d ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 41 keys, 36.22 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Fortunate Son”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
60 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Searing Plasma Fortunate Son sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 60 observations, from 42.7 keys to 41.6 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
42.7 keys
34.9 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:04 UTC
40.8 keys
36.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:52 UTC
38.8 keys
34.9 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:16 UTC
39.1 keys
35.1 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 20:43 UTC
66.6 keys
42.8 keys
9 JAN 2026 · 03:41 UTC
58.5 keys
31.1 keys
17 JAN 2026 · 10:13 UTC
54.5 keys
28.6 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
53.3 keys
31.7 keys
4 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
52.8 keys
35.1 keys
18 MAR 2026 · 12:07 UTC
51.6 keys
21.1 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
55.5 keys
19.6 keys
13 APR 2026 · 06:30 UTC
55.9 keys
21.7 keys
19 APR 2026 · 18:31 UTC
57.0 keys
27.6 keys
5 MAY 2026 · 12:33 UTC
38.9 keys
31.7 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:33 UTC
39.6 keys
33.1 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
29.0 keys
25.2 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 17:11 UTC
36.5 keys
31.8 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
37.8 keys
32.9 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
40.9 keys
35.5 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 21:12 UTC
44.6 keys
38.8 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
18.7 keys
16.2 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
29.3 keys
25.5 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
29.8 keys
25.9 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
30.5 keys
26.5 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
30.8 keys
26.7 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
31.0 keys
27.0 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
31.3 keys
27.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
32.0 keys
27.8 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
32.3 keys
28.0 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
33.1 keys
28.8 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
33.7 keys
29.3 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
35.0 keys
30.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 16:07 UTC
35.5 keys
30.9 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
36.0 keys
31.3 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
36.0 keys
31.3 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
38.7 keys
33.7 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
39.2 keys
34.1 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
40.9 keys
35.6 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
39.9 keys
34.7 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
41.6 keys
36.1 keys
Price history in numbers
60 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Fortunate Son's sell price ranged from 18.7 keys to 44.6 keys and is down 6.8% after 30 moves. Over a year it ranged from 18.7 keys to 72.6 keys (down 2.7%). Today's 41.6 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 18.7 keys (20 Aug 2026) and the highest 72.6 keys (23 Nov 2025). The price has moved 59 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.