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◇ Catalog #203

Lie in Wait

tdm·#203·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Diana Franco

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr '25

1 yr ago

Value

$0.23+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.24 · low $0.22

NM$0.23

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.21–$0.24modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.23low $0.03range 666.7%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #13,044 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.24

Nonfoil$0.23

Gameplay

Sorcery

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Lie in Wait deals damage equal to that card's power to target creature.

Some paths through Gurmag Swamp are deserted for good reason.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2025-04-04wotc

You can’t cast Lie in Wait unless you choose a creature card in your graveyard and a creature on the battlefield as targets.

2025-04-04wotc

Use the power of the card in the graveyard to determine how much damage Lie in Wait deals to the target creature.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.23. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.23 across 49 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 #203 of *Tarkir: Dragonstorm*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2025 Tarkir: Dragonstorm release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black/green/blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {B}{G}{U} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #13,044 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

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