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◇ Catalog #97

Mesmeric Fiend

a25·#97·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Dana Knutson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar '18

8 yr ago

Value

$2.55+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.60 · low $1.46

NM$1.55

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.43–$1.64modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.83low $0.42range 573.8%n 50

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #19,750 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$4.61

Nonfoil$1.55

Gameplay

Creature — Nightmare Horror

When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2018-03-16wotc

If Mesmeric Fiend leaves the battlefield before its first ability has resolved, its second ability will trigger and do nothing. Then its first ability will resolve and exile a nonland card from the target opponent's hand indefinitely.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.55. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.42 and $2.83 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from A25 — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #97 of *Masters 25*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2018 Masters 25 release.

Card type: Creature — Nightmare Horror, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #19,750 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dana Knutson. Rarix catalogs 71 other cards credited to this artist.