Arcane Adaptation Price
4 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2017
Arcane Adaptation has been printed 4 times across 3 sets, first in 2017 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is The List #XLN-46 at $3.64, while the most expensive is Ixalan Promos #46s at $7.99 — about 2× more. The median across 4 priced printings is $4.92. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 4x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (The List).
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Every Arcane Adaptation Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| The List #XLN-46 (R) Cheapest | 2025 | $3.64 | $2.75 |
| Ixalan #46 (R) | 2017 | $4.01 | $2.50 |
| Ixalan Promos #46p (R) | 2017 | $5.83 | $3.20 |
| Ixalan Promos #46s (R) Foil | 2017 | $7.99 | $4.25 foil |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Creatures you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 4 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
2 PrecedentsReplacement effects that modify creatures of a certain type as they enter the battlefield will apply after you apply Arcane Adaptation’s effect. This is a change from previous rules. If you control Arcane Adaptation and the Aether Revolt card Metallic Mimic, with the same creature type chosen for both, then any creature you control will enter the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
To choose a creature type, you must choose an existing creature type, such as Vampire or Knight. You can’t choose multiple creature types, such as “Vampire Knight.” Card types such as artifact can’t be chosen, nor can subtypes that aren’t creature types, such as Jace, Vehicle, or Treasure.