MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #526

Diabolic Intent

ltc·#526·mythic·borderless

Illus. Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

View concept →

—

in vault

—

for trade

—

wishlisted

Nov '23

2 yr ago

Value

$84.72+$3 (+4.2%)

30 days high $87 · low $79

NM$83.7

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$77–$88modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $96low $1.04range 9172.1%n 107

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

Search links · prices vary by venue

Buy this card

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #264 · Popular pick

Variants

Borderless$84

Gameplay

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

"Alas for Saruman! The palantir was his downfall, I now perceive. Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves." —Gandalf

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2022-10-14wotc

You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.

2022-10-14wotc

Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.

2013-04-15wotc

You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.

2013-04-15

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $83.72. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.04 and $96.43 across 107 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 #526 of *Tales of Middle-earth Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2023 Tales of Middle-earth Commander release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #264 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.