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Black Market Connections

Enchantment

printings

#132

EDHREC rank

#1073

penny rank

Std

normal

—

in vault

—

for trade

—

wishlisted

Value

$34.1490d high · 8 printings

90-dayhigh $34low $0.02range 170600.0%n 428

Gameplay

Enchantment

At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more — • Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life. • Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life. • Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDHnot legal

futurenot legal

legacylegal

modernlegal

paupernot legal

alchemynot legal

pioneernot legal

vintagelegal

historiclegal

standardnot legal

Timelesslegal

commanderlegal

Gladiatorlegal

Old Schoolnot legal

Premodernnot legal

Oathbreakerlegal

Standard Brawlnot legal

Pauper Commandernot legal

Context

Across the 8 printings of this card, the trailing-90-day price band runs from $0.02 to $34.14 across 428 observations.

Rarix catalogs 9 distinct printings of this card concept, spanning every set the card has appeared in. The Printings grid below lists each one with its own variant treatment, price, and collector signal.

Card type: Enchantment. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Hire a Mercenary, Treasure, Sell Contraband, and Buy Information.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card concept #132 in Commander, putting it in the popular-include tier of the format's playable pool.

The representative printing on this page is illustrated by Lixin Yin.