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◇ Catalog #81

Dark Confidant

rav·#81·rare·foil

Illus. Ron Spears

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct '05

21 yr ago

Value

$48.57+$2 (+4.2%)

30 days high $49 · low $45

NM$47.6

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$44–$50modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $48low $0.02range 237750.0%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,262 · Common include

Variants

Foil$48

Nonfoil$10

Gameplay

Creature — Human Wizard

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Greatness, at any cost.

2/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2025-06-06wotc

If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

2020-08-07wotc

If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $47.57. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $47.57 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from RAV — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #81 of *Ravnica: City of Guilds*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2005 Ravnica: City of Guilds release.

Card type: Creature — Human Wizard, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #1,262 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Ron Spears. Rarix catalogs 438 other cards credited to this artist.