Community price on backpack.tf: 7.00–8.00 keys, last changed 2025-11-14 (10mo ago). The live quote above, 6.33 keys, is 10% lower and last moved 2d 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: $15.70 — the lowest of 9 listings for the Sandy effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:47 UTC (2d 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 6 keys, 21 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 Misdirector”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
34 observations
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Sandy Misdirector sell price, 2025-11-25 to 2026-09-03: 34 observations, from 8.10 keys to 6.33 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 NOV 2025 · 08:41 UTC
8.10 keys
7.26 keys
21 DEC 2025 · 09:13 UTC
7.16 keys
5.57 keys
31 DEC 2025 · 03:02 UTC
7.97 keys
6.29 keys
2 JAN 2026 · 20:53 UTC
7.83 keys
6.19 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 19:42 UTC
7.20 keys
5.75 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 15:36 UTC
7.20 keys
5.77 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 21:48 UTC
6.87 keys
5.47 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:45 UTC
6.70 keys
5.35 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 12:41 UTC
7.20 keys
5.80 keys
23 FEB 2026 · 10:41 UTC
6.76 keys
5.38 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 22:44 UTC
6.70 keys
5.37 keys
10 MAR 2026 · 08:11 UTC
6.64 keys
5.29 keys
19 MAR 2026 · 16:07 UTC
7.00 keys
5.60 keys
1 APR 2026 · 14:31 UTC
6.99 keys
5.74 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
6.79 keys
4.83 keys
18 APR 2026 · 16:32 UTC
6.91 keys
4.53 keys
29 APR 2026 · 06:31 UTC
6.57 keys
4.11 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 12:33 UTC
6.47 keys
5.38 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
6.85 keys
5.60 keys
20 MAY 2026 · 14:32 UTC
6.81 keys
4.47 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 02:32 UTC
6.79 keys
4.46 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
6.87 keys
4.62 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
6.79 keys
4.46 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:33 UTC
6.82 keys
5.68 keys
18 JUL 2026 · 02:44 UTC
7.27 keys
5.62 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 01:13 UTC
7.54 keys
5.81 keys
15 AUG 2026 · 15:11 UTC
6.61 keys
5.79 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
5.89 keys
5.12 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
6.46 keys
5.07 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 04:10 UTC
6.38 keys
5.04 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
6.36 keys
5.03 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 08:10 UTC
6.22 keys
4.97 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
6.16 keys
4.97 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
6.33 keys
5.13 keys
Price history in numbers
34 readings since 25 Nov 2025
Over the last 30 days the Sandy Misdirector's sell price ranged from 5.89 keys to 6.61 keys and is down 4.3% after 7 moves. Over a year it ranged from 5.89 keys to 8.10 keys (down 21.9%). Today's 6.33 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 5.89 keys (28 Aug 2026) and the highest 8.10 keys (25 Nov 2025). The price has moved 32 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.