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◇ Catalog #117

Peer into the Abyss

m21·#117·rare·foil

Illus. Izzy

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jul '20

6 yr ago

Value

$4.92+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $4.06 · low $3.70

NM$3.92

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$3.62–$4.14modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $4.14low $0.02range 20600.0%n 47

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,257 · Common include

Variants

Foil$3.92

Nonfoil$3.07

Gameplay

Sorcery

Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.

"Oh, don't be so dramatic. When your eyes bleed, and your brain leaks out your ears, then we'll talk about lost sanity." —Braids, dementia summoner

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2020-06-23wotc

The life lost is rounded up, not the remaining life total. For example, if the target player has 7 life, they lose 4 life and end up with 3. Similarly, the number of cards drawn is rounded up, not the number of cards remaining in the library.

2020-06-23wotc

To draw the cards, first the player determines how many cards to draw, then draws them. This event may be modified so that a different number of cards are actually drawn.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.92. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $4.14 across 47 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from M21 — 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 #117 of *Core Set 2021*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2020 Core Set 2021 release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{B}{B}{B} (7 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #1,257 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Izzy. Rarix catalogs 941 other cards credited to this artist.