MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #198

Wizard's Retort

jmp·#198·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Grzegorz Rutkowski

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jul '20

6 yr ago

Value

$0.30+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.31 · low $0.28

NM$0.30

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.28–$0.32modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.35low $0.16range 118.8%n 48

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #4,719 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.30

Gameplay

Instant

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Wizard. Counter target spell.

"The second mage learned to dissipate blasts of lightning. Threat and response: thus did the study of magic progress." —Naban, dean of iteration

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2018-04-27wotc

Once you announce that you’re casting Wizard’s Retort, no player may take other actions until the spell’s been paid for. Notably, players can’t try to raise the spell’s cost by removing your Wizards.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.30. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.16 and $0.35 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from JMP — 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 #198 of *Jumpstart*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2020 Jumpstart release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{U}{U} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #4,719 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Grzegorz Rutkowski. Rarix catalogs 381 other cards credited to this artist.