Community price on backpack.tf: 17.0–18.0 keys, last changed 2024-09-15 (2.0y ago). The live quote above, 10.7 keys, is 37% lower and last moved 3h 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 1h ago.
Steam Market asking price: $53.42 — the lowest of one listing for the Phantom Crown effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:48 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 10 keys, 42.22 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 Optic Nerve”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
59 observations
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Phantom Crown Optic Nerve sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 59 observations, from 18.2 keys to 10.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
18.2 keys
14.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:46 UTC
18.2 keys
14.1 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:11 UTC
16.6 keys
14.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:26 UTC
15.8 keys
13.4 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 22:42 UTC
28.0 keys
12.0 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 10:49 UTC
30.1 keys
12.9 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 12:53 UTC
20.2 keys
15.6 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:53 UTC
21.7 keys
18.1 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:58 UTC
30.2 keys
10.3 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:58 UTC
29.7 keys
16.0 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
26.0 keys
21.0 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
25.7 keys
20.9 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:44 UTC
24.0 keys
7.80 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
25.7 keys
14.1 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:43 UTC
24.0 keys
17.2 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 18:43 UTC
21.3 keys
18.0 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 08:07 UTC
21.8 keys
11.5 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
21.9 keys
15.5 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC
20.3 keys
16.7 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
20.1 keys
16.1 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
21.0 keys
17.0 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
20.9 keys
17.1 keys
2 JUN 2026 · 12:31 UTC
21.1 keys
12.5 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 14:32 UTC
20.8 keys
14.3 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
18.9 keys
13.8 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
10.1 keys
8.81 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
16.9 keys
8.65 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 02:43 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 19:11 UTC
14.0 keys
12.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 11:23 UTC
10.6 keys
9.26 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
10.7 keys
9.27 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC
10.7 keys
9.28 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
19.8 keys
12.2 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
10.6 keys
9.20 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
10.7 keys
9.27 keys
Price history in numbers
59 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Phantom Crown Optic Nerve's sell price ranged from 10.6 keys to 19.8 keys and is down 24.0% after 15 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.76 keys to 30.2 keys (down 41.3%). Today's 10.7 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.76 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 30.2 keys (29 Dec 2025). The price has moved 58 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.