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◇ Catalog #126

Cosmic Horror

4ed·#126·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Jesper Myrfors

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr 1995

31 yr ago

Value

$0.42+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.43 · low $0.40

NM$0.42

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.39–$0.44modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.69low $0.04range 1625.0%n 261

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,425 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.42

Gameplay

Creature — Horror

First strike At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay {3}{B}{B}{B}. If this creature is destroyed this way, it deals 7 damage to you.

". . . [S]creams of horror rend th' affrighted skies." —Alexander Pope, *The Rape of the Lock*

7/7

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2013-07-01wotc

If you choose not to pay Cosmic Horror’s upkeep cost, it deals 7 damage to you only if it’s actually destroyed. If it regenerates or an effect has given it indestructible, it deals no damage.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.42. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.69 across 261 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 4ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #126 of *Fourth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the April 1995 Fourth Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Horror, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}{B} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: First strike.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #27,425 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jesper Myrfors. Rarix catalogs 502 other cards credited to this artist.