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◇ Catalog #9

Defiant Strike

war·#9·common·nonfoil

Illus. Gabor Szikszai

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wishlisted

May '19

7 yr ago

Value

$0.22+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.23 · low $0.21

NM$0.22

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.20–$0.23modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.22low $0.03range 633.3%n 45

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,630 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.15

Nonfoil$0.22

Gameplay

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Draw a card.

"My family was saved thanks to a single Boros soldier. It's why I joined the Legion. I will be the protector now."

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2020-06-23wotc

If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Defiant Strike tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve. You won't draw a card.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.22. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.22 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from WAR — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #9 of *War of the Spark*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2019 War of the Spark release.

Card type: Instant, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {W} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,630 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Gabor Szikszai. Rarix catalogs 207 other cards credited to this artist.