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◇ Catalog #7

Mesmeric Fiend

ddk·#7·common·nonfoil

Illus. Dana Knutson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar '13

13 yr ago

Value

$1.20+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.24 · low $1.13

NM$1.20

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.11–$1.27modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.48low $0.47range 640.4%n 57

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #19,750 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$1.20

Gameplay

Creature — Nightmare Horror

When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2018-03-16wotc

If Mesmeric Fiend leaves the battlefield before its first ability has resolved, its second ability will trigger and do nothing. Then its first ability will resolve and exile a nonland card from the target opponent's hand indefinitely.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.20. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.47 and $3.48 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DDK — 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 #7 of *Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2013 Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt release.

Card type: Creature — Nightmare Horror, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #19,750 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dana Knutson. Rarix catalogs 71 other cards credited to this artist.