MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #96

Costly Plunder

xln·#96·common·foil

Illus. Ben Maier

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '17

9 yr ago

Value

$1.80+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.83 · low $0.75

NM$0.80

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.74–$0.84modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.80low $0.03range 2566.7%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,252 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.80

Nonfoil$0.26

Gameplay

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards.

No lock of iron is a match for Vraska's will of stone.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2020-08-07wotc

You can't cast Costly Plunder without sacrificing a permanent, and you can't sacrifice additional permanents.

2020-08-07wotc

You can't sacrifice an artifact to generate mana to pay towards Costly Plunder's cost and also to pay its additional cost.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.80. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.80 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from XLN — 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 #96 of *Ixalan*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2017 Ixalan release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #3,252 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Ben Maier. Rarix catalogs 94 other cards credited to this artist.