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◇ Catalog #246

Zaffai and the Tempests

sos·#246·rare·foil

Illus. Olivier Bernard

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Apr '26

3 mo ago

Value

$0.37+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.38 · low $0.35

NM$0.37

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.34–$0.39modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.42low $0.01range 4100.0%n 53

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,072 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.37

Nonfoil$0.26

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Human Bard Sorcerer

Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.

"Leave everything on the stage and give them a performance they'll never forget."

5/7

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2026-03-20wotc

If you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost this way, you must choose 0 as the value of X.

2026-03-20wotc

If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.37. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.01 and $0.42 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SOS — 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 #246 of *Secrets of Strixhaven*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Bard Sorcerer, color identity red/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {5}{U}{R} (7 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #15,072 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Olivier Bernard. Rarix catalogs 191 other cards credited to this artist.