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◇ Catalog #ll161

Soul Burn

ptc·#ll161·common·nonfoil

Illus. Rob Alexander

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wishlisted

May 1996

30 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 $0.01range 9800.0%n 475

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #23,981 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.99

Gameplay

Sorcery

Spend only black and/or red mana on X. Soul Burn deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more than the amount of {B} spent on X, the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

Will give 1 life for each black mana used, but not more life than the amount of unprevented damage that is dealt.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.99. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.01 and $0.99 across 475 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PTC — the lineup includes 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 #ll161 of *Pro Tour Collector Set*, the set that shipped alongside the May 1996 Pro Tour Collector Set release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {X}{2}{B} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #23,981 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Rob Alexander. Rarix catalogs 951 other cards credited to this artist.