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◇ Catalog #57

Barter in Blood

mrd·#57·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Paolo Parente

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct '03

23 yr ago

Value

$0.22+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.23 · low $0.21

NM$0.22

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.20–$0.23modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.22low $0.03range 633.3%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,927 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$1.76

Nonfoil$0.22

Gameplay

Sorcery

Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

"In the game of conquest, who cares about the pawns if the king yet reigns?" —Geth, keeper of the Vault

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2012-05-01wotc

If a player controls only one creature, that creature is sacrificed.

2012-05-01wotc

The active player chooses which creatures will be sacrificed first, then each other player in turn order does the same. Then all creatures are sacrificed simultaneously.

2012-05-01wotc

Barter in Blood doesn’t target any creatures and may be cast even if a player controls fewer than two creatures.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.22. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.22 across 46 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 #57 of *Mirrodin*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2003 Mirrodin release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{B}{B} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,927 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Paolo Parente. Rarix catalogs 572 other cards credited to this artist.