Community price on backpack.tf: 11.0–13.0 keys, last changed 2026-04-01 (5mo ago). The live quote above, 5.91 keys, is 46% lower and last moved 3d 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: $45.31 — the lowest of one listing for the Toxic Swirl 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 5 keys, 57.11 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
11 observations
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Toxic Swirl Misdirector sell price, 2026-06-15 to 2026-09-02: 11 observations, from 19.7 keys to 5.91 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
15 JUN 2026 · 14:09 UTC
19.7 keys
8.90 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
9.48 keys
8.24 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
7.31 keys
6.36 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
5.93 keys
5.16 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
8.39 keys
7.30 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
8.84 keys
7.69 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
5.95 keys
5.17 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
5.97 keys
5.18 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
5.94 keys
5.15 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
5.87 keys
5.08 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
5.91 keys
5.13 keys
Price history in numbers
11 readings since 15 Jun 2026
Over the last 30 days the Toxic Swirl Misdirector's sell price ranged from 5.87 keys to 9.48 keys and is down 37.6% after 9 moves. Over a year it ranged from 5.87 keys to 19.7 keys (down 69.9%). Today's 5.91 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 5.87 keys (2 Sep 2026) and the highest 19.7 keys (15 Jun 2026). The price has moved 10 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.