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◇ Catalog #152

Withering Boon

mir·#152·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Robert Bliss

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1996

30 yr ago

Value

$18.17+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $19 · low $17

NM$18.2

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$17–$19modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $18low $0.44range 4061.4%n 52

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,238 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$18

Gameplay

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 3 life. Counter target creature spell.

"Life for life: this is the immutable law." —Panya, Granger Guildmage

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2008-04-01wotc

A “creature spell” is any spell with the type Creature, even if it has other types such as Artifact or Enchantment. Older cards of type Summon are also Creature spells.

2005-11-01wotc

The payment of 3 life is an additional cost of casting the spell.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $18.17. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.44 and $18.31 across 52 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MIR — the lineup includes 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 #152 of *Mirage*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1996 Mirage release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,238 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Robert Bliss. Rarix catalogs 72 other cards credited to this artist.