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◇ Catalog #281

Cursed Scroll

tmp·#281·rare·nonfoil

Illus. D. Alexander Gregory

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$87.10+$3 (+4.2%)

30 days high $90 · low $82

NM$87.1

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$80–$92modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $91low $14range 529.8%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,339 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$87

Gameplay

Artifact

{3}, {T}: Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, this artifact deals 2 damage to any target.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2008-08-01wotc

If you have no cards in hand, you still have to name a card. Then you fail to reveal one (since there aren’t any). Since the named card wasn’t revealed, no damage is dealt.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $87.10. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $14.42 and $90.81 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from TMP — 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 #281 of *Tempest*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1997 Tempest release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1} (1 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 #26,339 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by D. Alexander Gregory. Rarix catalogs 317 other cards credited to this artist.