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◇ Catalog #27

Mistvein Borderpost

arb·#27·common·nonfoil

Illus. Pete Venters

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wishlisted

Apr '09

17 yr ago

Value

$0.18+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.19 · low $0.17

NM$0.18

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.17–$0.19modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.21low $0.03range 600.0%n 51

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,250 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$2.80

Nonfoil$0.18

Gameplay

Artifact

You may pay {1} and return a basic land you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2009-05-01wotc

To satisfy the alternative cost, you may return any basic land you control to its owner's hand, regardless of that land's subtype or whether it's tapped.

2009-05-01wotc

As you cast a spell, you get a chance to activate mana abilities before you pay that spell's costs. Therefore, you may tap a basic land for mana, then both spend that mana and return that land to your hand to pay this card's alternative cost. (Of course, you can return a different basic land instead.)

2009-05-01wotc

Casting this card by paying its alternative cost doesn't change when you can cast it. You can cast it only at the normal time you could cast an artifact spell. It also doesn't change the spell's mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.18. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.21 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ARB — 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 #27 of *Alara Reborn*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2009 Alara Reborn release.

Card type: Artifact, color identity black/blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{U}{B} (3 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #16,250 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Pete Venters. Rarix catalogs 943 other cards credited to this artist.