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◇ Catalog #386

Certain Death

j22·#386·common·nonfoil

Illus. Kev Walker

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Dec '22

3 yr ago

Value

$0.08+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.08 · low $0.08

NM$0.08

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.07–$0.08modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.09low $0.05range 80.0%n 53

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #23,857 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.08

Gameplay

Sorcery

Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Some spirits cling to one person, feasting on the growing fear until a final moment of all-consuming terror.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 2

2016-07-13wotc

The targeted creature will have already left the battlefield before its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. If it has any abilities that care about gaining or losing life, they won’t apply.

2016-07-13wotc

If the creature becomes an illegal target for Certain Death, no player gains or loses life. If it’s a legal target but isn’t destroyed, most likely due to having indestructible, its controller still loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.08. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.05 and $0.09 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J22 — 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 #386 of *Jumpstart 2022*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2022 Jumpstart 2022 release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {5}{B} (6 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #23,857 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Kev Walker. Rarix catalogs 1,917 other cards credited to this artist.