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◇ Catalog #171s

Barrensteppe Siege

ptdm·#171s·rare·foil

Illus. Tuan Duong Chu

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Apr '25

1 yr ago

Value

$1.19+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.23 · low $1.12

NM$1.19

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.10–$1.26modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.19low $0.84range 41.7%n 49

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,075 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$1.19

Gameplay

Enchantment

As this enchantment enters, choose Abzan or Mardu. • Abzan — At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. • Mardu — At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2025-04-04wotc

If you somehow control Barrensteppe Siege and no choice was made for it (perhaps because another permanent on the battlefield became a copy of it), it has neither of the two abilities.

2025-04-04wotc

Barrensteppe Siege’s Mardu ability will check as the end step starts to see if a creature died under your control this turn. If none did, the ability won’t trigger at all.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.19. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.84 and $1.19 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PTDM — 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 #171s of *Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the April 2025 Tarkir: Dragonstorm release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity black/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{W}{B} (4 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #5,075 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Tuan Duong Chu. Rarix catalogs 197 other cards credited to this artist.