MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #169

Once Upon a Time

eld·#169·rare·foil

Illus. Matt Stewart

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct '19

6 yr ago

Value

$3.66+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.75 · low $2.51

NM$2.66

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.46–$2.81modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $6.24low $0.21range 2871.4%n 501

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,786 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$2.66

Nonfoil$1.45

Gameplay

Instant

If this spell is the first spell you've cast this game, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2019-10-04wotc

The earliest opportunity you have to cast Once Upon a Time is during the first player's upkeep, before that player can play a land.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.66. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.21 and $6.24 across 501 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ELD — 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 #169 of *Throne of Eldraine*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2019 Throne of Eldraine release.

Card type: Instant, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{G} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Brawl. Banned in Pioneer, Modern, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card #8,786 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Matt Stewart. Rarix catalogs 988 other cards credited to this artist.