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◇ Catalog #1645★

Fiend Artisan

sld·#1645★·mythic·borderless

Illus. Laura Plansker

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Apr '24

2 yr ago

Value

$8.93+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $8.21 · low $7.48

NM$7.93

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$7.33–$8.37modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $7.98low $7.55range 5.7%n 100

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #4,201 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$7.93

Gameplay

Creature — Nightmare

This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard. {X}{B/G}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

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Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2020-04-17wotc

Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Fiend Artisan may become lethal if creature cards leave your graveyard during that turn.

2020-04-17wotc

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

2020-04-17wotc

Fiend Artisan's first ability applies only while it's on the battlefield.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $7.93. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $7.55 and $7.98 across 100 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #1645★ of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2024 Secret Lair Drop release.

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

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

EDHrec ranks this card #4,201 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Laura Plansker. Rarix catalogs 7 other cards credited to this artist.