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◇ Catalog #139

Ghastly Demise

ody·#139·common·nonfoil

Illus. Gary Ruddell

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct '01

25 yr ago

Value

$0.25+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.26 · low $0.24

NM$0.25

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.23–$0.26modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.28low $0.04range 600.0%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,083 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$2.99

Nonfoil$0.25

Gameplay

Instant

Destroy target nonblack creature if its toughness is less than or equal to the number of cards in your graveyard.

"Anyone can snap her fingers and yank a soul. I prefer to kill creatively." —Braids, dementia summoner

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2020-11-10wotc

Because Ghastly Demise isn't put into your graveyard until it's finished resolving, it won't be counted when determining whether the creature is destroyed.

2020-11-10wotc

Ghastly Demise can target any nonblack creature. Compare the creature's toughness to the number of cards in your graveyard as Ghastly Demise resolves to see if that creature is destroyed.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.25. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.28 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ODY — 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 #139 of *Odyssey*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2001 Odyssey release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #16,083 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Gary Ruddell. Rarix catalogs 120 other cards credited to this artist.