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◇ Catalog #40

Capital Punishment

cn2·#40·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Lake Hurwitz

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '16

9 yr ago

Value

$6.77+$1 (+17.0%)

30 days high $6.00 · low $4.93

Volatility · high

USD$5.77EUR€2.50TIX2.42 tix

NM$5.77

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.83–$6.12

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $6.00low $2.25range 166.7%n 58

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,306 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$4.52

Nonfoil$5.77

Gameplay

Sorcery

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.

"I did offer them a choice . . ." —Queen Marchesa

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 9

2016-08-23wotc

You must vote for one of the available options. You can’t abstain.

2016-08-23wotc

Players can’t do anything between voting and finishing the resolution of the spell or ability that included the vote.

2016-08-23wotc

No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.

2016-08-23wotc

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $5.77, up from $4.93 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.25 and $6.00 across 58 observations — a volatile band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from CN2 — 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 #40 of *Conspiracy: Take the Crown*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2016 Conspiracy: Take the Crown 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} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Council's dilemma.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,306 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Lake Hurwitz. Rarix catalogs 235 other cards credited to this artist.