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◇ Catalog #291

Copper Gnomes

usg·#291·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Jeff Laubenstein

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Oct 1998

28 yr ago

Value

$2.27+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.35 · low $2.14

NM$2.27

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.10–$2.40modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.27low $0.27range 740.7%n 46

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #20,284 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$2.27

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Gnome

{4}, Sacrifice this creature: You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Start with eleven gnomes and a room of parts, and come morning you'll have ten and a monster the likes of which you've never seen.

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2007-05-01wotc

Putting the card onto the battlefield is optional. When the ability resolves, you can choose not to.

2004-10-04wotc

You choose the artifact card on resolution.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.27. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.27 and $2.27 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from USG — 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 #291 of *Urza's Saga*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1998 Urza's Saga release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Gnome, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #20,284 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jeff Laubenstein. Rarix catalogs 71 other cards credited to this artist.