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◇ Catalog #54

Siphon Insight

otp·#54·rare·showcase

Illus. Michal Ivan

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr '24

2 yr ago

Value

$0.20+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.21 · low $0.19

NM$0.20

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.18–$0.21modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.33low $0.02range 1550.0%n 107

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #4,130 · Niche pick

Variants

Showcase$0.20

Gameplay

Instant

Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of them face down and put the other on the bottom of that library. You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell. Flashback {1}{U}{B}

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 10

2021-09-24wotc

You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

2021-09-24wotc

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

2021-09-24wotc

You may play the card even if it is a land.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.20. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.33 across 107 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from OTP — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #54 of *Breaking News*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2024 Breaking News release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {U}{B} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Flashback.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #4,130 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Michal Ivan. Rarix catalogs 101 other cards credited to this artist.