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◇ Catalog #183

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mir·#183·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Scott Kirschner

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1996

30 yr ago

Value

$6.52+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $5.71 · low $5.21

NM$5.52

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$5.10–$5.83modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $5.88low $0.22range 2572.7%n 49

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #11,956 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$5.52

Gameplay

Sorcery

Each player may bid life for control of target creature. You start the bidding with a bid of 0. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and gains control of the creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

This is a life loss and not a life payment so you can bid more life than you have.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $5.52. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.22 and $5.88 across 49 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 #183 of *Mirage*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1996 Mirage release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{R}{R} (5 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #11,956 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Scott Kirschner. Rarix catalogs 117 other cards credited to this artist.