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◇ Catalog #3

Empty City Ruse

ptk·#3·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Qu Xin

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May 1999

27 yr ago

Value

$47.94+$2 (+4.2%)

30 days high $49 · low $44

NM$46.9

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$43–$50modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $47low $12range 288.6%n 53

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #19,339 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$47

Gameplay

Sorcery

Target opponent skips all combat phases of their next turn.

Out of time and options, Kongming was forced to bluff at Xicheng. He tricked an army of 150,000 Wei by leaving the city gates open and calmly playing the zither.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $46.94. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $12.08 and $46.94 across 53 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 #3 of *Portal Three Kingdoms*, the set that shipped alongside the May 1999 Portal Three Kingdoms release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {W} (1 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card #19,339 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Qu Xin. Rarix catalogs 7 other cards credited to this artist.