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◇ Catalog #177

Defibrillating Current

tdm·#177·uncommon·foil

Illus. Isis

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Apr '25

1 yr ago

Value

$0.09+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.09 · low $0.08

NM$0.09

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.08–$0.10modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.09low $0.03range 200.0%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #20,246 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.09

Nonfoil$0.09

Gameplay

Sorcery

Defibrillating Current deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain 2 life.

A small shock to save a life, a large one to take it away. —Mardu healer's adage

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 1

2025-04-04wotc

If the target permanent is an illegal target as Defibrillating Current tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t gain life.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.09. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.09 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from TDM — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #177 of *Tarkir: Dragonstorm*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2025 Tarkir: Dragonstorm release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black/red/white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2/R}{2/W}{2/B} (6 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #20,246 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Isis. Rarix catalogs 69 other cards credited to this artist.