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◇ Catalog #59

Hysterical Blindness

isd·#59·common·nonfoil

Illus. Wayne England

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wishlisted

Sep '11

15 yr ago

Value

$0.04+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.04 · low $0.04

NM$0.04

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.04–$0.04modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.05low $0.03range 66.7%n 53

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #28,004 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.25

Nonfoil$0.04

Gameplay

Instant

Creatures your opponents control get -4/-0 until end of turn.

"The panic is amusing, but the real fun comes when the spell passes and the villagers start looking for a scapegoat." —Ludevic, necro-alchemist

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2011-09-22wotc

Hysterical Blindness's effect will continue to apply to a creature even if you (or a teammate) gains control of that creature later in the turn.

2011-09-22wotc

Only creatures controlled by your opponent when Hysterical Blindness resolves will get -4/-0. Creatures that enter or that an opponent gains control of later in the turn will be unaffected.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.04. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.05 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ISD — 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 #59 of *Innistrad*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2011 Innistrad release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #28,004 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Wayne England. Rarix catalogs 375 other cards credited to this artist.