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◇ Catalog #209

Orcish Librarian

ice·#209·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Phil Foglio

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun 1995

31 yr ago

Value

$1.78+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.81 · low $0.74

NM$0.78

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.72–$0.82modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.84low $0.76range 10.5%n 48

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #24,423 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.78

Gameplay

Creature — Orc

{R}, {T}: Look at the top eight cards of your library. Exile four of them at random, then put the rest on top of your library in any order.

Us hungry, need food . . . . Lots of books . . . . Hmm . . . .

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

You do get to look at the remaining 4 cards before deciding which order to put them back in.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.78. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.76 and $0.84 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ICE — 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 #209 of *Ice Age*, the set that shipped alongside the June 1995 Ice Age release.

Card type: Creature — Orc, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{R} (2 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #24,423 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Phil Foglio. Rarix catalogs 116 other cards credited to this artist.