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◇ Catalog #493

Elspeth's Smite

fdn·#493·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Livia Prima

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Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$0.34+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.35 · low $0.32

NM$0.34

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.31–$0.36modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.40low $0.02range 1900.0%n 47

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,827 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.34

Gameplay

Instant

Elspeth's Smite deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

Elesh Norn screamed as the light pierced her. Her nightmare had become flesh.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2024-11-08wotc

Elspeth's Smite's replacement effect will exile the target creature or planeswalker if it would die this turn for any reason, not just due to lethal damage.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.34. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.40 across 47 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from FDN — 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 #493 of *Foundations*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Foundations release.

Card type: Instant, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {W} (1 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #15,827 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Livia Prima. Rarix catalogs 239 other cards credited to this artist.