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◇ Catalog #188

Rakdos's Return

rtr·#188·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Daarken

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Oct '12

14 yr ago

Value

$1.57+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.59 · low $0.54

NM$0.57

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.53–$0.60modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.69low $0.02range 3350.0%n 46

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #13,623 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$3.89

Nonfoil$0.57

Gameplay

Sorcery

Rakdos's Return deals X damage to target opponent or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards X cards.

When Lord Rakdos stirred from his slumber, everyone else's nightmare began.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2012-10-01wotc

The target opponent will discard X cards even if some or all of the damage dealt by Rakdos’s Return is prevented or redirected.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.57. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.69 across 46 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 #188 of *Return to Ravnica*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2012 Return to Ravnica release.

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

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

EDHrec ranks this card #13,623 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Daarken. Rarix catalogs 1,287 other cards credited to this artist.