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◇ Catalog #15

Trinisphere

v09·#15·mythic·foil

Illus. Tim Hildebrandt

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '09

17 yr ago

Value

$28.94+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $29 · low $26

NM$27.9

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$26–$29modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $28low $22range 30.0%n 49

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #4,994 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$28

Gameplay

Artifact

As long as this artifact is untapped, each spell that would cost less than three mana to cast costs three mana to cast. (Additional mana in the cost may be paid with any color of mana or colorless mana. For example, a spell that would cost {1}{B} to cast costs {2}{B} to cast instead.)

Designed to restrain petty thoughts, but used to repress entire empires.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2020-08-07wotc

If Trinisphere leaves the battlefield or becomes tapped or untapped as a cost to cast a spell, this cost is paid after you've locked in the total cost.

2020-08-07wotc

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. Finally, apply Trinisphere's effect if the mana component of the spell's cost is less than three mana. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $27.94. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $21.50 and $27.94 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from V09 — the lineup includes Foil 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 #15 of *From the Vault: Exiled*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2009 From the Vault: Exiled release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, and Commander. Restricted in Vintage.

EDHrec ranks this card #4,994 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Tim Hildebrandt. Rarix catalogs 72 other cards credited to this artist.