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◇ Catalog #209

Trap Essence

ktk·#209·rare·foil

Illus. Raymond Swanland

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in vault

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wishlisted

Sep '14

12 yr ago

Value

$1.50+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.52 · low $0.47

NM$0.50

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.46–$0.53modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.50low $0.02range 2400.0%n 55

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,221 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.50

Nonfoil$0.24

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature.

"Meat sustains the body. The spirit requires different sustenance." —Arel the Whisperer

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2014-09-20wotc

You don’t have to target a creature to cast Trap Essence, although you must target a creature spell on the stack.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.50. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.50 across 55 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from KTK — 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 #209 of *Khans of Tarkir*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2014 Khans of Tarkir release.

Card type: Instant, color identity green/red/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {G}{U}{R} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #15,221 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Raymond Swanland. Rarix catalogs 886 other cards credited to this artist.