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◇ Catalog #387

Obscura Ascendancy

snc·#387·rare·showcase

Illus. Krharts

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Apr '22

4 yr ago

Value

$1.61+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.63 · low $0.58

NM$0.61

LP—

MP—

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$0.56–$0.64modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.62low $0.54range 14.8%n 50

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #23,801 · Fringe play

Variants

Showcase$0.61

Gameplay

Enchantment

Whenever you cast a spell, if its mana value is equal to 1 plus the number of soul counters on this enchantment, put a soul counter on this enchantment, then create a 2/2 white Spirit creature token with flying. As long as there are five or more soul counters on this enchantment, Spirits you control get +3/+3.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2022-04-29wotc

If there are no soul counters on Obscura Ascendancy, its ability triggers if you cast a spell with mana value 1. If there is one counter, its ability triggers if you cast a spell with mana value 2, and so on.

2022-04-29wotc

Obscura Ascendancy's triggered ability has an “intervening ‘if'” clause. This means that it checks the number of counters both when the ability triggers and when it resolves. Notably, this means that casting two instants in a row with mana value 1 will never cause a player to create two tokens or put two counters on Obscura Ascendancy.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.61. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.54 and $0.62 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SNC — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #387 of *Streets of New Capenna*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2022 Streets of New Capenna release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity black/blue/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {W}{U}{B} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #23,801 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Krharts. Rarix catalogs 23 other cards credited to this artist.