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◇ Catalog #159

Epic Experiment

rtr·#159·mythic·foil

Illus. Dan Murayama Scott

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wishlisted

Oct '12

14 yr ago

Value

$3.56+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.65 · low $2.41

NM$2.56

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.37–$2.70modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.56low $0.02range 12700.0%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,867 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$2.56

Nonfoil$0.50

Gameplay

Sorcery

Exile the top X cards of your library. You may cast instant and sorcery spells with mana value X or less from among them without paying their mana costs. Then put all cards exiled this way that weren't cast into your graveyard.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2021-03-19wotc

If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.

2021-03-19wotc

You cast the cards one at a time, choosing modes, targets, and so on. The last card you cast will be the first one to resolve.

2021-03-19wotc

If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

2021-03-19

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.56. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $2.56 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from RTR — 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 #159 of *Return to Ravnica*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2012 Return to Ravnica release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red/blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {X}{U}{R} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #5,867 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dan Murayama Scott. Rarix catalogs 1,317 other cards credited to this artist.