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◇ Catalog #2021

Peer into the Abyss

sld·#2021·rare·borderless

Illus. Mark Bagley

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '25

11 mo ago

Value

$4.67+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $3.80 · low $3.46

NM$3.67

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$3.39–$3.87modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $4.27low $3.12range 36.9%n 48

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,257 · Common include

Variants

Borderless$3.67

Gameplay

Sorcery

Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.

His grin is ghastly, made all the more so by a thick drool of satisfaction.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2020-06-23wotc

The life lost is rounded up, not the remaining life total. For example, if the target player has 7 life, they lose 4 life and end up with 3. Similarly, the number of cards drawn is rounded up, not the number of cards remaining in the library.

2020-06-23wotc

To draw the cards, first the player determines how many cards to draw, then draws them. This event may be modified so that a different number of cards are actually drawn.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.67. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.12 and $4.27 across 48 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 #2021 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2025 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{B}{B}{B} (7 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #1,257 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mark Bagley. Rarix catalogs 4 other cards credited to this artist.