If you sacrifice an attacking or blocking creature during the declare blockers step, it won’t deal combat damage. If you wait until the combat damage step, but that creature is dealt lethal damage, it’ll be destroyed before you get a chance to sacrifice it.
The control-change effect has no duration. The targeted player retains control of Jinxed Idol until the game ends, Jinxed Idol leaves the battlefield, or an effect causes someone else to gain control of it (perhaps because Jinxed Idol’s ability is activated again).
Your opponent can use the ability to give this card back to you.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.20. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.12 and $1.21 across 58 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 #293 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: {2} (2 converted).
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #9,592 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by John Matson. Rarix catalogs 294 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. John Matson
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