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◇ Catalog #523

Pact of Negation

ltc·#523·rare·borderless

Illus. Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

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Nov '23

2 yr ago

Value

$73.84+$3 (+4.2%)

30 days high $75 · low $69

NM$72.8

LP—

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$67–$77modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $115low $2.37range 4756.1%n 539

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #360 · Popular pick

Variants

Borderless$73

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.

At that moment Gandalf lifted his staff, and crying aloud he smote the bridge before him.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2021-03-19wotc

If Pact of Negation is countered or otherwise doesn't resolve (perhaps because its target became illegal), the delayed triggered ability that threatens you with a game loss won't trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep.

2021-03-19wotc

If Pact of Negation resolves with a legal target but fails to counter that spell (most likely because that spell can't be countered), the delayed triggered ability will still trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep and you will have to pay. Or else.

2013-06-07wotc

Although originally printed with a characteristic-defining ability that defined its color, this card now has a color indicator. This color indicator can't be affected by text-changing effects (such as the one created by Crystal Spray), although color-changing effects can still overwrite it.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $72.84. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.37 and $115.09 across 539 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from LTC — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #523 of *Tales of Middle-earth Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2023 Tales of Middle-earth Commander release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {0} (0 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #360 in Commander, putting it in the popular-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt. Rarix catalogs 191 other cards credited to this artist.