Targets an opponent. You choose an opponent during announcement. If you can’t target an opponent, you can’t cast this card.
Intuition
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1496.83. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1252.43 and $1496.83 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from G03 — 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 #1 of *Judge Gift Cards 2003*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2003 Judge Gift Cards 2003 release.
Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.
EDHrec ranks this card #1,951 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by April Lee. Rarix catalogs 15 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. April Lee
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