Political Trickery

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.08. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.00 and $1.16 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from WC97 — 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 #jk81sb of *World Championship Decks 1997*, the set that shipped alongside the August 1997 World Championship Decks 1997 release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #17,150 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

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