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◇ Catalog #179s

Ionize

pgrn·#179s·rare·foil

Illus. Chase Stone

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wishlisted

Oct '18

7 yr ago

Value

$1.97+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.00 · low $0.91

NM$0.97

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.90–$1.02modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.97low $0.68range 42.6%n 48

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,199 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.97

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target spell. Ionize deals 2 damage to that spell's controller.

"Countermagic is a simple process of breaking matter into its elementary particles."

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2018-10-05wotc

A spell that can’t be countered is a legal target for Ionize. The spell won’t be countered when Ionize resolves, but Ionize still deals 2 damage to that spell’s controller.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.97. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.68 and $0.97 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PGRN — the lineup includes Foil 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 #179s of *Guilds of Ravnica Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the October 2018 Guilds of Ravnica release.

Card type: Instant, color identity red/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{U}{R} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #7,199 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Chase Stone. Rarix catalogs 593 other cards credited to this artist.