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Ravnica: City of Guilds • #40 • common
Sorcery |
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Live Value $0.22
Foil Multiplier: 8.91x Premium Factor 🔥
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Printed 14 times HIGH RISK

Reprinted 14x, including dedicated reprint sets like Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander, Ravnica Remastered.

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🗂️ Alternative Printings
sta icon STA #14(R) $0.29 clb icon CLB #715(C) $0.19 e01 icon E01 #23(C) $0.28 pz1 icon PZ1 #21(U) $0.00 rvr icon RVR #311(C) $0.22 sta icon STA #77(R) $0.90 tdc icon TDC #147(C) $0.24 cmr icon CMR #394(C) $0.20 cns icon CNS #93(C) $0.12 mm3 icon MM3 #33(U) $0.05 c14 icon C14 #102(C) $0.20 td0 icon TD0 #A19(C) $0.00 rvr icon RVR #38(C) $0.20

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Rarity
common
Set Origin
RAV
Daily Shift
0.00%
EDHREC Rank
#4,382
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Sorcery
Color Identity Blue
🖋️ Curator's Notes
Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless they discard a land card.

""Four parts molten bronze, yes . . . one part frozen mercury, yes, yes . . . but then what?""

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Official Judge Precedents

1 Precedents

The target player can discard either one land card or two cards which may or may not be lands. The player can discard one land and one other card or two land cards if they choose.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2005-10-07
Set Name: Ravnica: City of Guilds
Artist Reference: Michael Sutfin
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Original Printing

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer not_legal
pauper legal
vintage legal
brawl legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh legal
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