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◇ Catalog #228

Winter, Cursed Rider

dft·#228·rare·foil

Illus. Daren Bader

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Feb '25

1 yr ago

Value

$0.29+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.30 · low $0.27

NM$0.29

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.27–$0.31modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.29low $0.02range 1350.0%n 58

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,597 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.29

Nonfoil$0.14

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

Ward—Pay 2 life. Artifacts you control have "Ward—Pay 2 life." Exhaust — {2}{U}{B}, {T}, Exile X artifact cards from your graveyard: Each other nonartifact creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

3/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2025-02-07wotc

Exhaust abilities can be activated any time you could normally activate an ability.

2025-02-07wotc

If an effect causes Winter to become an artifact, its second ability will cause it to gain a second instance of ward.

2025-02-07wotc

Multiple instances of ward each trigger separately.

2025-02-07wotc

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.29. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.29 across 58 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from DFT — 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 #228 of *Aetherdrift*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2025 Aetherdrift release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Warlock, color identity black/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {U}{B} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Exhaust and Ward.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #15,597 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Daren Bader. Rarix catalogs 680 other cards credited to this artist.