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◇ Catalog #261

Thought Prison

mrd·#261·uncommon·foil

Illus. Glen Angus

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wishlisted

Oct '03

23 yr ago

Value

$1.96+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.99 · low $0.91

NM$0.96

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.89–$1.01modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.04low $0.01range 10300.0%n 495

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #22,843 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.96

Nonfoil$0.23

Gameplay

Artifact

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may have target player reveal their hand. If you do, choose a nonland card from it and exile that card. Whenever a player casts a spell that shares a color or mana value with the exiled card, this artifact deals 2 damage to that player.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 1

2004-12-01wotc

The second ability triggers only once per spell. If the spell shares both a color and a mana value with the imprinted card, Thought Prison deals 2 damage, not 4.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.96. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.01 and $1.04 across 495 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 #261 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: {5} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Imprint.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #22,843 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Glen Angus. Rarix catalogs 256 other cards credited to this artist.