Nine Lives Price
8 printings · 6 sets · first printed 2020
Nine Lives has been printed 8 times across 6 sets, first in 2020 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Core Set 2021 #28 at $0.66, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #793 at $19.77 — about 30× more. The median across 6 priced printings is $2.17. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 2x in the last 2 years.
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Every Nine Lives Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Set 2021 #28 (R) Cheapest | 2020 | $0.66 | $0.30 |
| Core Set 2021 #344 (R) | 2020 | $1.37 | $0.85 |
| Core Set 2021 Promos #28p (R) | 2020 | $1.58 | $1.00 |
| Marvel Universe #3 (M) | 2025 | $2.77 | — |
| Core Set 2021 Promos #28s (R) Foil | 2020 | $3.40 | — |
| Secret Lair Drop #793 (R) Foil | 2024 | $19.77 | $9.00 foil |
| Through the Omenpaths Bonus Sheet #3 (R) | 2025 | — | — |
| Magic Online Promos #81938 (R) | 2020 | — | — |
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.
If a source would deal damage to you, prevent that damage and put an incarnation counter on this enchantment.
When there are nine or more incarnation counters on this enchantment, exile it.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 8 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsIf more than one source deals damage to you at once, prevent the damage from each of them and put that many incarnation counters on Nine Lives, even if this causes more than nine incarnation counters to be on Nine Lives. Leave it to cats to abuse loopholes.
Once the first triggered ability is on the stack, it won't trigger again, even if more damage is prevented and more incarnation counters are put onto it.
If you counter the first triggered ability or otherwise remove it from the stack, it will just trigger again immediately if Nine Lives still has nine or more incarnation counters on it.
The last ability of Nine Lives triggers no matter how it leaves the battlefield.
If damage that a source would deal to you can't be prevented, you still put an incarnation counter on Nine Lives.