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◇ Catalog #209s

Trap Essence

pktk·#209s·rare·foil

Illus. Raymond Swanland

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Sep '14

12 yr ago

Value

$1.99+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.02 · low $0.93

NM$0.99

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.91–$1.05modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.99low $0.81range 22.2%n 45

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,221 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.99

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target creature spell. Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature.

"Meat sustains the body. The spirit requires different sustenance." —Arel the Whisperer

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2014-09-20wotc

You don’t have to target a creature to cast Trap Essence, although you must target a creature spell on the stack.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.99. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.81 and $0.99 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PKTK — 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 #209s of *Khans of Tarkir Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the September 2014 Khans of Tarkir release.

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

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

EDHrec ranks this card #15,221 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Raymond Swanland. Rarix catalogs 886 other cards credited to this artist.