Chaos Orb Price
8 printings · 7 sets · first printed 1993
Chaos Orb has been printed 8 times across 7 sets, first in 1993 and most recently in 2022. Right now the cheapest printing is Collectors' Edition #236 at $451.75, while the most expensive is Unlimited Edition #236 at $1,174.77 — about 3× more. The median across 2 priced printings is $813.26. Reprint risk: RESERVED LIST (ZERO RISK) — On the Reserved List -- Wizards has committed to never reprint these cards.
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Every Chaos Orb Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collectors' Edition #236 (R) Cheapest | 1993 | $451.75 | $330.00 |
| Unlimited Edition #236 (R) | 1993 | $1,174.77 | $1,050.00 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition #528 (R) | 2022 | — | $490.00 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition #231 (R) | 2022 | — | — |
| Oversized 90's Promos #1 (R) | 1996 | — | — |
| Intl. Collectors' Edition #236 (R) | 1993 | — | $300.00 |
| Limited Edition Beta #236 (R) | 1993 | — | $2,150.00 |
| Limited Edition Alpha #235 (R) | 1993 | — | $7,800.00 |
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.
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: If this artifact is on the battlefield, flip it onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot. If this artifact turns over completely at least once during the flip, destroy all nontoken permanents it touches. Then destroy this artifact.Not legal in any tracked constructed format.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 8 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
7 PrecedentsYou can arrange your cards any time before the Orb is put onto the battlefield, but not after. In general, you should not stack cards or put them in places where your opponent can't read the names of all of them or count them. This is recommended good gaming practice.
Chaos Orb can only affect permanents. Cards that are in the game but not on the battlefield, such as those in the Library and Graveyard, can't be affected.
If you have sleeves on cards, they count as the cards.
You can't interfere in any physical way with activating this ability.
This is a not a targeted ability.
It must flip 360 degrees (that's what "flip" means). And this flip must be in the air and not in your hand.
If you are playing Chaos Orb in the Old School format, the card's text is “, : Choose a nontoken permanent on the battlefield. If Chaos Orb is on the battlefield, flip Chaos Orb onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot. If Chaos Orb turns over completely at least once during the flip, and lands resting on the chosen permanent, destroy that permanent. Then destroy Chaos Orb.”