The Countdown Is at One

Unstable • #80 • rare

Sorcery |

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Live Value $0.26

Foil Multiplier: 1.35x

Reprint Profile:

Printed 2 times LOW

Reprinted 2x historically, most recently in 2022 -- no dedicated reprint sets or recent activity.

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Dealer Buylist (Foil):

$0.16

Buy/Sell Spread:

vs $0.79 retail 80%

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🗂️ Alternative Printings

ULST #28(R) $0.30

The Countdown Is at One

Unstable • #80 • rare

Current Valuation

$0.26

30-Day Market Trend

Rarity

rare

Set Origin

UST

Daily Shift

0.00%

EDHREC Rank

N/A

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Sorcery

Color Identity Red

🖋️ Curator's Notes

Players play a Magic subgame, starting at 1 life and using their libraries as their decks. For the rest of the main game, if a source would deal damage to a player who didn't win the subgame, it deals double that damage to that player instead.

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Official Judge Precedents

4 Precedents

2018-01-19

To play a Magic subgame, all players start a new game, using their libraries as their decks. No other cards, tokens, emblems, or anything else from the main game are included in the subgame.

2018-01-19

If a player has fewer than seven cards in their main-game library, they’ll lose the subgame as it begins, regardless of how many mulligans that player takes.

2018-01-19

If the subgame is a draw, no player won the subgame, so damage dealt to any player in the main game will be doubled.

2018-01-19

After the subgame ends, all players shuffle their cards from the subgame to reform their main-game libraries, and they return to the main game from the point they left off, with The Countdown Is at One finishing resolving.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 2017-12-08

Set Name: Unstable

Artist Reference: Jesper Ejsing

Border Profile: silver

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil

Promo Status NO

Edition Status Original Printing