Aven Initiate Price
3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2017
Aven Initiate has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 2017 and most recently in 2022. Right now the cheapest printing is Amonkhet #43 at $0.10, while the most expensive is Double Masters 2022 #39 at $0.27 — about 3× more. The median across 2 priced printings is $0.18. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like Double Masters 2022, Amonkhet Remastered.
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Every Aven Initiate Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amonkhet #43 (C) Cheapest | 2017 | $0.10 | — |
| Double Masters 2022 #39 (C) | 2022 | $0.27 | — |
| Amonkhet Remastered #50 (C) | 2020 | — | — |
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Embalm
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Bird Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsFor each card with embalm, a corresponding game play supplement token can be found in some Amonkhet booster packs. These supplements are not required to play with cards with embalm; you can use the same items to represent an embalmed token as you would any other token.
The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
The token is a Zombie in addition to its other types and is white instead of its other colors. It has no mana cost, and thus its mana value is 0. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
Once you've activated an embalm ability, the card is immediately exiled. Opponents can't try to stop the ability by exiling the card with an effect such as that of Crook of Condemnation.
If a spell or ability puts a creature card with embalm into your graveyard during your main phase, you'll have priority immediately after that spell or ability resolves. You can activate the creature card's embalm ability before any player can exile it with an effect, such as that of Crook of Condemnation, if it's legal for you to do so.