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◇ Catalog #172

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4ed·#172·common·nonfoil

Illus. Ron Spencer

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr 1995

31 yr ago

Value

$0.12+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.12 · low $0.11

NM$0.12

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.11–$0.13modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.12low $0.10range 20.0%n 50

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #25,373 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.12

Gameplay

Sorcery

Tap X target creatures.

"That was the worst experience of my days: standing there helpless as they killed my whole troop." —Maeveen O'Donagh, *Memoirs of a Soldier*

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.12. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.10 and $0.12 across 50 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 #172 of *Fourth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the April 1995 Fourth Edition release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {X}{B}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #25,373 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Ron Spencer. Rarix catalogs 790 other cards credited to this artist.