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◇ Catalog #117

Necromantic Selection

c17·#117·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Dave Kendall

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '17

9 yr ago

Value

$1.51+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.53 · low $0.48

NM$0.51

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.47–$0.54modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.51low $0.34range 50.0%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,295 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.51

Gameplay

Sorcery

Destroy all creatures, then return a creature card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control. It's a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. Exile Necromantic Selection.

It shambled from the cloud of ash and bone dust, undeterred by its own extinction.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 2

2014-11-07wotc

If the creature is normally colorless, it will simply become black. It can't be both black and colorless.

2014-11-07wotc

Necromantic Selection doesn't overwrite any of the creature's colors or types. Rather, it adds another color and another creature type.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.51. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.34 and $0.51 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from C17 — 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 #117 of *Commander 2017*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2017 Commander 2017 release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{B}{B}{B} (7 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #3,295 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dave Kendall. Rarix catalogs 597 other cards credited to this artist.