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◇ Catalog #js161

Vampiric Tutor

wc99·#js161·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Gary Leach

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug 1999

27 yr ago

Value

$51.00+$2 (+4.2%)

30 days high $53 · low $48

NM$51.0

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$47–$54modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $51low $29range 78.6%n 50

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #110 · Popular pick

Variants

Nonfoil$51

Gameplay

Instant

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

"I write upon clean white parchment with a sharp quill and the blood of my students, divining their secrets." —Shauku, Endbringer

Legalities

tlrbanned

duelbanned

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 1

2016-06-08wotc

The "shuffle and put the card on top" is a single action. If an effect causes the top card of the library to be face up, the second card down is not revealed.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $51.00. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $28.56 and $51.00 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from WC99 — 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 #js161 of *World Championship Decks 1999*, the set that shipped alongside the August 1999 World Championship Decks 1999 release.

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

Legal in Commander and Brawl. Banned in Legacy and Historic. Restricted in Vintage.

EDHrec ranks this card #110 in Commander, putting it in the popular-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Gary Leach. Rarix catalogs 58 other cards credited to this artist.