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◇ Catalog #156

Implement of Examination

aer·#156·common·foil

Illus. Darek Zabrocki

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jan '17

9 yr ago

Value

$0.03+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.03 · low $0.03

NM$0.03

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.03–$0.03modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.23low $0.03range 666.7%n 2

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #20,814 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.03

Nonfoil$0.11

Gameplay

Artifact

{U}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card. When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

A tool to see the unseen.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2017-02-09wotc

An Implement’s last ability triggers no matter why it’s put into a graveyard from the battlefield. You don’t have to activate its first ability.

2017-02-09wotc

If you activate an Implement’s first ability, you’ll draw a card from its second ability before the first ability resolves. If the first ability has a target, you need a legal target to activate that ability, and you choose that target before seeing what card you’ll draw.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 3 months ago at $0.03. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.23 across 2 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from AER — 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 #156 of *Aether Revolt*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2017 Aether Revolt release.

Card type: Artifact, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #20,814 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Darek Zabrocki. Rarix catalogs 136 other cards credited to this artist.