MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #188

Isochron Scepter

mrd·#188·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Mark Harrison

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct '03

23 yr ago

Value

$15.33+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $16 · low $14

NM$15.3

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$14–$16modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $17low $0.03range 57466.7%n 50

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #716 · Common include

Variants

Foil$42

Nonfoil$15

Gameplay

Artifact

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand. {2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2020-08-07wotc

You cast the copy while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.

2020-08-07wotc

If you don't want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.

2020-08-07wotc

If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

2020-08-07

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $15.33. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $17.27 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MRD — 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 #188 of *Mirrodin*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2003 Mirrodin release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Imprint.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #716 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mark Harrison. Rarix catalogs 8 other cards credited to this artist.