Community price on backpack.tf: 21.0 keys, last changed 2026-04-14 (5mo ago). The live quote above, 15.2 keys, is 28% lower and last moved 5d 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: $1149.98 — the lowest of one listing for the Dead Presidents effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:36 UTC (3d 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 15 keys, 14 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 Plaid Lad”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
10 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.
Dead Presidents Plaid Lad sell price, 2026-06-15 to 2026-09-01: 10 observations, from 18.8 keys to 15.2 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
15 JUN 2026 · 14:08 UTC
18.8 keys
16.9 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
13.4 keys
11.7 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 09:12 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
13 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
13.5 keys
11.7 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
14.1 keys
12.2 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
13 AUG 2026 · 21:12 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 02:10 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
Price history in numbers
10 readings since 15 Jun 2026
Over the last 30 days the Dead Presidents Plaid Lad's sell price ranged from 15.0 keys to 17.0 keys and is up 1.6% after 3 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.4 keys to 18.8 keys (down 19.0%). Today's 15.2 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.4 keys (22 Jun 2026) and the highest 18.8 keys (15 Jun 2026). The price has moved 9 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.