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◇ Catalog #53

Strategic Planning

ptk·#53·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Zhang Jiazhen

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May 1999

27 yr ago

Value

$19.63+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $19 · low $18

NM$18.6

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$17–$20modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $19low $7.90range 135.8%n 50

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,625 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$19

Gameplay

Sorcery

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

"Plans evolved within the tent decide a victory 1,000 *li* away."

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2009-10-01wotc

If there are fewer than three cards in your library, you look at all of them, put one of them into your hand, and put the rest into your graveyard.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $18.63. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $7.90 and $18.63 across 50 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 #53 of *Portal Three Kingdoms*, the set that shipped alongside the May 1999 Portal Three Kingdoms release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{U} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #7,625 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Zhang Jiazhen. Rarix catalogs 7 other cards credited to this artist.