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◇ Catalog #3

Defiant Strike

sta·#3·uncommon·showcase

Illus. Dominik Mayer

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr '21

5 yr 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 $0.44low $0.04range 1000.0%n 123

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,630 · Niche pick

Variants

Showcase$0.31

Gameplay

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Draw a card.

"For twelve days and twelve nights, Somat assailed the monster's shell. On the thirteenth morning, it cracked with the dawn." —*Heroics: A Book of Fables*

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2020-06-23wotc

If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Defiant Strike tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve. You won't draw a card.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.31. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.44 across 123 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from STA — 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 #3 of *Strixhaven Mystical Archive*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2021 Strixhaven Mystical Archive release.

Card type: Instant, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {W} (1 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #5,630 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dominik Mayer. Rarix catalogs 423 other cards credited to this artist.