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◇ Catalog #161

Vampiric Tutor

6ed·#161·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Gary Leach

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr 1999

27 yr ago

Value

$66.95+$3 (+4.2%)

30 days high $68 · low $62

NM$66.0

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$61–$70modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $66low $38range 75.2%n 45

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #110 · Popular pick

Variants

Nonfoil$66

Gameplay

Instant

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

"I write upon clean white parchment with a sharp quill and the blood of my students, divining their secrets." —Shauku, Endbringer

Legalities

tlrbanned

duelbanned

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 1

2016-06-08wotc

The "shuffle and put the card on top" is a single action. If an effect causes the top card of the library to be face up, the second card down is not revealed.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $65.95. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $37.81 and $66.23 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 6ED — 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 #161 of *Classic Sixth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the April 1999 Classic Sixth Edition release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted).

Legal in Commander and Brawl. Banned in Legacy and Historic. Restricted in Vintage.

EDHrec ranks this card #110 in Commander, putting it in the popular-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Gary Leach. Rarix catalogs 58 other cards credited to this artist.