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◇ Catalog #140

Hired Claw

blb·#140·rare·foil

Illus. Quintin Gleim

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wishlisted

Aug '24

2 yr ago

Value

$1.44+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.49 · low $1.36

NM$1.44

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.33–$1.52modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.90low $0.02range 9400.0%n 57

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #10,606 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$1.44

Nonfoil$0.54

Gameplay

Creature — Lizard Mercenary

Whenever you attack with one or more Lizards, this creature deals 1 damage to target opponent. {1}{R}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only if an opponent lost life this turn and only once each turn.

1/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2024-07-26wotc

Hired Claw’s activated ability cares whether an opponent lost life this turn, not how their life total changed. For example, an opponent who gained 2 life and lost 1 life in the same turn still lost life.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.44. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.90 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from BLB — 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 #140 of *Bloomburrow*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2024 Bloomburrow release.

Card type: Creature — Lizard Mercenary, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {R} (1 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #10,606 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Quintin Gleim. Rarix catalogs 69 other cards credited to this artist.