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◇ Catalog #72

Rakdos's Return

gk2·#72·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Daarken

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Feb '19

7 yr ago

Value

$1.59+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.61 · low $0.56

NM$0.59

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.55–$0.62modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.89low $0.57range 56.1%n 45

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #13,623 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.59

Gameplay

Sorcery

Rakdos's Return deals X damage to target opponent or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards X cards.

When Lord Rakdos stirred from his slumber, everyone else's nightmare began.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2012-10-01wotc

The target opponent will discard X cards even if some or all of the damage dealt by Rakdos’s Return is prevented or redirected.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.59. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.57 and $0.89 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from GK2 — 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 #72 of *RNA Guild Kit*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2019 RNA Guild Kit release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black/red, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {X}{B}{R} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #13,623 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Daarken. Rarix catalogs 1,287 other cards credited to this artist.