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◇ Catalog #183

Punish Ignorance

ala·#183·rare·foil

Illus. Shelly Wan

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct '08

18 yr ago

Value

$1.18+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.22 · low $1.11

NM$1.18

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.09–$1.25modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.25low $0.02range 6150.0%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #23,322 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$1.18

Nonfoil$0.26

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

"Amateurish. Nearsighted. A waste of my time and everyone else's." —Indra, nullmage of Vectis

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2008-10-01wotc

You may target a spell that “can’t be countered” with Punish Ignorance. If you do, the first part of Punish Ignorance’s effect won’t do anything, but the life-loss and life-gain effects will still work.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.18. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.25 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ALA — 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 #183 of *Shards of Alara*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2008 Shards of Alara release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black/blue/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {W}{U}{U}{B} (4 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #23,322 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Shelly Wan. Rarix catalogs 73 other cards credited to this artist.