This only replaces the mana cost (the mana in the upper right hand corner of the card). It will not pay additional costs from the card text (such as Buyback) or from other effects. It does not prevent you from paying those additional costs if you want or need to.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $38.34. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.18 and $38.55 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from STH — the lineup includes 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 #28 of *Stronghold*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1998 Stronghold release.
Card type: Enchantment, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{U}{U} (5 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.
EDHrec ranks this card #12,120 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Matthew D. Wilson. Rarix catalogs 238 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Matthew D. Wilson
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