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◇ Catalog #144

Riding the Dilu Horse

ptk·#144·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Hong Yan

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May 1999

27 yr ago

Value

$540.60+$22 (+4.2%)

30 days high $558 · low $509

NM$540

LP—

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HP—

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$499–$570modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $540low $197range 173.6%n 51

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #23,026 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$540

Gameplay

Sorcery

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains horsemanship. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship. This effect lasts indefinitely.)

"All men have their appointed time; that's something no horse can change." —Liu Bei, after being told that the Dilu brings its master ill fortune

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2009-10-01wotc

The spell’s effect has no duration. The targeted creature gets +2/+2 until the game ends or it leaves the battlefield. It has horsemanship until the game ends, it leaves the battlefield, or some other effect causes it to lose horsemanship.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $539.60. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $197.23 and $539.60 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PTK — 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 #144 of *Portal Three Kingdoms*, the set that shipped alongside the May 1999 Portal Three Kingdoms release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{G} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #23,026 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Hong Yan. Rarix catalogs 6 other cards credited to this artist.