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◇ Catalog #18

Prison Term

shm·#18·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai

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May '08

18 yr ago

Value

$1.62+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.64 · low $0.58

NM$0.62

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.57–$0.65modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.62low $0.03range 1966.7%n 46

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,881 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$4.92

Nonfoil$0.62

Gameplay

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may attach this Aura to that creature.

Clear out the cell. Bring in the next prisoner.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2016-06-08wotc

Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.

2008-05-01wotc

The last ability works only if Prison Term is already on the battlefield. You may move it from the creature it's currently enchanting onto the new creature.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.62. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.62 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SHM — 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 #18 of *Shadowmoor*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2008 Shadowmoor release.

Card type: Enchantment — Aura, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{W}{W} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Enchant.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,881 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai. Rarix catalogs 538 other cards credited to this artist.