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◇ Catalog #74

Tortured Existence

sth·#74·common·nonfoil

Illus. Keith Parkinson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar 1998

28 yr ago

Value

$5.76+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $4.93 · low $4.49

NM$4.76

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.40–$5.02modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $5.10low $1.60range 218.8%n 57

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,555 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil$4.76

Gameplay

Enchantment

{B}, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

"There are terrors lurking in the unseen corners of us all." —Crovax

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

You can’t return the same card you are discarding. This is because you pick the target before paying the costs.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $4.76. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.60 and $5.10 across 57 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 #74 of *Stronghold*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1998 Stronghold release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,555 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Keith Parkinson. Rarix catalogs 44 other cards credited to this artist.