MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #53

Brood of Cockroaches

vis·#53·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Geofrey Darrow & I. Rabarot

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Feb 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.31+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.32 · low $0.29

NM$0.31

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.29–$0.33modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.49low $0.04range 1125.0%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,502 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.31

Gameplay

Creature — Insect

When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of the next end step, you lose 1 life and return this card to your hand.

"It's like waking on a bed of a thousand olives during an earthquake of subtle force." —Afari, *Tales*

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2004-10-04wotc

The life loss and the return to hand both happen at the beginning of the end step as a single effect. It is not two separate effects.

2004-10-04wotc

The loss of life is not optional.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.31. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.49 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from VIS — 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 #53 of *Visions*, the set that shipped alongside the February 1997 Visions release.

Card type: Creature — Insect, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #16,502 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Geofrey Darrow & I. Rabarot. Rarix catalogs 10 other cards credited to this artist.