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◇ Catalog #70

Thoughtseize

otp·#70·mythic·borderless

Illus. William Tempest

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr '24

2 yr ago

Value

$62.68+$2 (+4.2%)

30 days high $64 · low $58

NM$61.7

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$57–$65modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $65low $1.60range 3960.0%n 57

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #4,377 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$62

Gameplay

Sorcery

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life.

"He Thought Twice, but That Thought Also Escaped," Witness Reports

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2020-08-07wotc

You lose 2 life even if the target player has no nonland cards in their hand to discard.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $61.68. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.60 and $64.96 across 57 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 Borderless 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 #70 of *Breaking News*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2024 Breaking News release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #4,377 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by William Tempest. Rarix catalogs 26 other cards credited to this artist.