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◇ Catalog #83

Fiend Artisan

spg·#83·mythic·showcase

Illus. Carl Critchlow

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Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$5.29+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $5.47 · low $4.99

NM$5.29

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.89–$5.58modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $11low $1.59range 599.4%n 99

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #4,201 · Niche pick

Variants

Showcase$5.29

Gameplay

Creature — Nightmare

This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard. {X}{B/G}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2020-04-17wotc

Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Fiend Artisan may become lethal if creature cards leave your graveyard during that turn.

2020-04-17wotc

If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

2020-04-17wotc

Fiend Artisan's first ability applies only while it's on the battlefield.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $5.29. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.59 and $11.12 across 99 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SPG — 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 #83 of *Special Guests*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Special Guests release.

Card type: Creature — Nightmare, color identity black/green, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {B/G}{B/G} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #4,201 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Carl Critchlow. Rarix catalogs 922 other cards credited to this artist.