MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #36

Ali from Cairo

arn·#36·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Mark Poole

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec 1993

33 yr ago

Value

$400.32+$16 (+4.2%)

30 days high $414 · low $377

NM$400

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$370–$423modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $408low $297range 37.2%n 53

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #25,078 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$400

Gameplay

Creature — Human

Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

0/1

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 3

2004-10-04wotc

This effect does not apply to effects which reduce your life without doing damage.

2004-10-04wotc

This effect does not prevent damage, it prevents the damage from turning into loss of life. So the full damage is dealt (and abilities that trigger on damage being dealt still trigger), but the full loss of life is not applied.

2004-10-04wotc

The ability works up until Ali enters the graveyard, so if he takes lethal damage or is destroyed at the same time you take damage, the ability helps you. If the damage occurs after it goes to the graveyard, however, it is not affected by the Ali which is no longer on the battlefield.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $400.32. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $297.29 and $407.86 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ARN — 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 #36 of *Arabian Nights*, the set that shipped alongside the December 1993 Arabian Nights release.

Card type: Creature — Human, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{R}{R} (4 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #25,078 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mark Poole. Rarix catalogs 906 other cards credited to this artist.