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◇ Catalog #1785

Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

sld·#1785·mythic·borderless

Illus. Ricardo Cavolo

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Aug '24

2 yr ago

Value

$6.06+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $6.27 · low $5.71

NM$6.06

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$5.60–$6.40modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $6.06low $4.70range 28.9%n 53

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,448 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$6.06

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Beholder

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. Until end of turn, that player can't cast spells, you may look at the top card of their library any time, you may play the top card of their library, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast spells this way.

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Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2021-07-23wotc

You'll still pay all costs for spells cast this way, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs if any are available.

2021-07-23wotc

The target opponent may still cast spells in response to Xanathar, Guild Kingpin's ability in your upkeep. If that player has somehow become an illegal target for the ability as it tries to resolve, the ability does nothing. They may cast spells and you cannot look at or play the top card of their library.

2021-07-23wotc

During your turn, you can look at the top card of the chosen opponent's library whenever you want (with one restriction; see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $6.06. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $4.70 and $6.06 across 53 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 #1785 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2024 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Beholder, color identity black/blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {4}{U}{B} (6 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #6,448 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Ricardo Cavolo. Rarix catalogs 8 other cards credited to this artist.