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◇ Catalog #17

Abstract Performance

soc·#17·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Alessandra Pisano

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Apr '26

3 mo ago

Value

$0.31+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.32 · low $0.29

NM$0.31

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.29–$0.33modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.43low $0.24range 912.5%n 55

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #14,572 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.31

Gameplay

Sorcery

Exile the top four cards of your library in a face-down pile, then exile the top four cards of your library in a face-up pile. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your graveyard. Look at the cards in the other pile. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest into your hand.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 6

2026-03-20wotc

You choose which opponent chooses the pile while resolving Abstract Performance.

2026-03-20wotc

You cast the spell while Abstract Performance is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on its types are ignored.

2026-03-20wotc

If you have fewer than eight cards in your library, the second pile will be smaller than the first. If you have fewer than five cards in your library, only the face-down pile will have cards in it at all, and the second pile will be empty. In that case, your opponent will probably choose to put the pile with cards in it into your graveyard.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.31. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.24 and $2.43 across 55 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SOC — the lineup includes 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 #17 of *Secrets of Strixhaven Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven Commander release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {5}{U} (6 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #14,572 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Alessandra Pisano. Rarix catalogs 103 other cards credited to this artist.