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◇ Catalog #153

Blood Clock

sok·#153·rare·foil

Illus. Keith Garletts

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Jun '05

21 yr ago

Value

$29.71+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $30 · low $27

NM$28.7

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$27–$30modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $29low $0.02range 143450.0%n 55

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,280 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$29

Nonfoil$3.25

Gameplay

Artifact

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand unless they pay 2 life.

In an age of war, time is measured not by sand but by blood.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2005-06-01wotc

A player with less than 2 life can’t pay 2 life and must return a permanent.

2005-06-01wotc

The choice of which permanent to return or whether to pay life is made as the triggered ability resolves.

2005-06-01wotc

A player who controls no permanents doesn’t need to pay 2 life (although that player can choose to do so).

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $28.71. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $28.71 across 55 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SOK — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #153 of *Saviors of Kamigawa*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2005 Saviors of Kamigawa release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4} (4 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #15,280 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Keith Garletts. Rarix catalogs 54 other cards credited to this artist.