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◇ Catalog #168

Traitorous Instinct

roe·#168·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Scott Chou

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Apr '10

16 yr ago

Value

$0.09+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.09 · low $0.08

NM$0.09

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.08–$0.10modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.09low $0.03range 200.0%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #19,168 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.47

Nonfoil$0.09

Gameplay

Sorcery

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gets +2/+0 and gains haste.

The horror lurched about like a puppet from a madman's nightmare, squeezing the life from its own kind.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2010-06-15wotc

You may target a creature you already control. You may target a creature that’s already untapped.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.09. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.09 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ROE — 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 #168 of *Rise of the Eldrazi*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2010 Rise of the Eldrazi release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{R} (4 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #19,168 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Scott Chou. Rarix catalogs 240 other cards credited to this artist.