Kess, Dissident Mage Price
6 printings · 6 sets · first printed 2017
Kess, Dissident Mage has been printed 6 times across 6 sets, first in 2017 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Modern Horizons #206 at $3.87, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #1167 at $17.71 — about 5× more. The median across 4 priced printings is $4.15. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 6x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, New Capenna Commander.
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Every Kess, Dissident Mage Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons #206 (M) Cheapest | 2019 | $3.87 | $0.75 |
| New Capenna Commander #344 (M) | 2022 | $3.88 | $2.00 |
| Commander 2017 #39 (M) Foil | 2017 | $4.43 | $2.00 foil |
| Secret Lair Drop #1167 (M) | 2022 | $17.71 | $9.75 |
| The List #NCC-344 (M) | 2026 | — | — |
| Treasure Chest #65763 (M) | 2017 | — | — |
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Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 6 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
7 PrecedentsIf a spell cast this way is put into another zone after it resolves (perhaps because it had buyback), it's considered a new object. If that card later moves to your graveyard, it won't be exiled.
If a sorcery card is put into your graveyard during your main phase and the stack is empty, you have a chance to cast it before any player may attempt to remove that card from your graveyard.
If you cast one instant or sorcery card from your graveyard and then have a new Kess come under your control in the same turn, you may cast another instant or sorcery card from your graveyard that turn.
You must pay the costs to cast that card. If it has an alternative cost, you may cast it for that cost instead.
Once you begin to cast the card, losing control of Kess won't affect the spell. You can finish casting it as normal and it will be exiled if it would be put into your graveyard.
You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the card you cast from your graveyard.
If you cast a card from your graveyard using another permission (such as that of flashback), Kess's effect doesn't apply. You can cast another instant or sorcery card from your graveyard.