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◇ Catalog #45

Netherborn Altar

c20·#45·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Titus Lunter

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Apr '20

6 yr ago

Value

$1.62+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.64 · low $0.58

NM$0.62

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.57–$0.65modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.74low $0.32range 443.8%n 54

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,336 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.62

Gameplay

Artifact

{T}, Put a soul counter on this artifact: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone. Then you lose 3 life for each soul counter on this artifact.

It is spoken of only in whispers, visited only by the desperate.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 5

2020-04-17wotc

If your commander isn’t in the command zone (or if you’re not playing the Commander variant), Netherborn Altar only makes you lose life.

2020-04-17wotc

Putting a soul counter onto Netherborn Altar is part of the cost to activate its ability, and counting the number of soul counters is done as the ability resolves. Players may take actions between those times to change the number of soul counters, perhaps by removing them all so that you lose no life.

2020-04-17wotc

If you have two commanders in the command zone, Netherborn Altar’s ability puts one of your choice into your hand, not both.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.62. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.32 and $1.74 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from C20 — 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 #45 of *Commander 2020*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2020 Commander 2020 release.

Card type: Artifact, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,336 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Titus Lunter. Rarix catalogs 626 other cards credited to this artist.