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◇ Catalog #223

Rakalite

DIGITAL ONLY

me4·#223·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Christopher Rush

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jan '11

15 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #29,867 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.02

Nonfoil$0.02

Gameplay

Artifact

{2}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. Return this artifact to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Urza was the first to understand that the war would not be lost for lack of power, but for lack of troops.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2004-10-04wotc

Only returns to your hand if it is still on the battlefield at the end of the turn. If it leaves the battlefield, it does not return.

2004-10-04wotc

Can be used any number of times during the turn before it leaves the battlefield.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME4 — 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 #223 of *Masters Edition IV*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2011 Masters Edition IV release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {6} (6 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #29,867 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Christopher Rush. Rarix catalogs 542 other cards credited to this artist.