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◇ Catalog #309

Smokestack

usg·#309·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Scott Kirschner

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1998

28 yr ago

Value

$10.31+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $11 · low $9.72

NM$10.3

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$9.53–$11modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $10low $3.89range 165.0%n 52

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,380 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$10

Gameplay

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a soot counter on this artifact. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice for each soot counter on this artifact.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 2

2004-10-04wotc

Adding a counter is optional. If you forget to add one during your upkeep, you cannot back up and add one later.

2004-10-04wotc

If a player does not have enough permanents, they sacrifice all the ones they have.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $10.31. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.89 and $10.31 across 52 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 #309 of *Urza's Saga*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1998 Urza's Saga release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4} (4 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #8,380 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Scott Kirschner. Rarix catalogs 117 other cards credited to this artist.