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◇ Catalog #494

Winter, Cursed Rider

dft·#494·rare·foil

Illus. Daren Bader

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Feb '25

1 yr ago

Value

$1.81+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.84 · low $0.76

NM$0.81

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.75–$0.86modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.81low $0.02range 3950.0%n 52

Where to buy / sell

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,597 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.81

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 $0.81. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.81 across 52 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DFT — the lineup includes Foil 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 #494 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.