MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #174

Blight Pile

tdc·#174·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Olivier Bernard

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in vault

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wishlisted

Apr '25

1 yr ago

Value

$0.19+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.20 · low $0.18

NM$0.19

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.18–$0.20modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.20low $0.07range 185.7%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,656 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.19

Gameplay

Creature — Phyrexian

Defender {2}{B}, {T}: Each opponent loses X life, where X is the number of creatures with defender you control.

"Keep your distance. It may be broken, but it's far from benign." —Stenn

3/3

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2022-09-09wotc

In a Two-Headed Giant game, Blight Pile causes the opposing team to lose X life twice.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.19. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.07 and $0.20 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from TDC — 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 #174 of *Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2025 Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander release.

Card type: Creature — Phyrexian, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Defender.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #9,656 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Olivier Bernard. Rarix catalogs 191 other cards credited to this artist.