MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #73

Energy Field

usg·#73·rare·nonfoil

Illus. John Matson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1998

28 yr ago

Value

$4.57+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $3.69 · low $3.37

NM$3.57

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$3.30–$3.77modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.63low $1.32range 175.0%n 50

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #14,156 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$3.57

Gameplay

Enchantment

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you by sources you don't control. When a card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, sacrifice this enchantment.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2004-10-04wotc

Buyback causes a spell to go to your hand instead of your graveyard, so using Buyback will avoid triggering this card to be sacrificed.

2004-10-04wotc

Discarding does trigger this.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.57. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.32 and $3.63 across 50 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 #73 of *Urza's Saga*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1998 Urza's Saga release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{U} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #14,156 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by John Matson. Rarix catalogs 294 other cards credited to this artist.