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You must search your library as the chapter II ability resolves, and you will lose 3 life.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #87
The Cruelty of Gix
dmu·#87·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Volkan Baǵa
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Sep '22
3 yr ago
Value
$1.42+$0 (+23.5%)
30 days high $1.42 · low $1.07
Volatility · high
TIX0.02 tixEUR€1.04USD$1.42
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #3,890 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Enchantment — Saga
Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.
II — Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.
III — Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 2
wotc
As a Saga with read ahead enters the battlefield, its controller chooses a number from one to that Saga’s greatest chapter number. The Saga enters the battlefield with the chosen number of lore counters. Neither choosing the number nor putting the counters on the Saga use the stack, and neither can be responded to.
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 16 hours ago at $1.42, up from $1.15 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.42 across 41 observations — a volatile band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from DMU — 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 #87 of *Dominaria United*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2022 Dominaria United release.
Card type: Enchantment — Saga, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Read Ahead.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #3,890 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Volkan Baǵa. Rarix catalogs 994 other cards credited to this artist.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Volkan Baǵa
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