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◇ Catalog #257

Great Hall of the Biblioplex

sos·#257·rare·foil

Illus. Constantin Marin

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wishlisted

Apr '26

3 mo ago

Value

$1.50+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.52 · low $0.47

NM$0.50

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.46–$0.53modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.70low $0.14range 400.0%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,737 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.50

Nonfoil$0.50

Gameplay

Land

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell. {5}: If this land isn't a creature, it becomes a 2/4 Wizard creature with "Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn." It's still a land.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2026-03-20wotc

If this land becomes a creature but you haven't controlled it continuously since your most recent turn began, you won't be able to activate its mana ability or attack with it that turn.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.50. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.14 and $0.70 across 54 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 #257 of *Secrets of Strixhaven*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven release.

Card type: Land, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #12,737 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Constantin Marin. Rarix catalogs 76 other cards credited to this artist.