Pensive Professor Price
3 printings · 2 sets · first printed 2026
Pensive Professor has been printed 3 times across 2 sets, first in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Secrets of Strixhaven #63 at $0.41, while the most expensive is Secrets of Strixhaven #321 at $0.83 — about 2× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.55. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x in the last 2 years.
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Every Pensive Professor Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven #63 (R) Cheapest | 2026 | $0.41 | $0.11 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Promos #63p (R) | 2026 | $0.55 | $0.15 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven #321 (R) | 2026 | $0.83 | $0.45 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.
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsWhenever you cast a spell, check the amount of mana you spent to cast it against the power and toughness of the creature with increment. If the amount of mana you spent isn't greater than either of that creature's stats, increment won't trigger at all.
An increment ability will only trigger if the permanent it's on is a creature. Similarly, if the permanent is no longer a creature when its increment ability resolves, the ability won't do anything.
The increment ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
If increment triggers, the comparison will happen again when the ability tries to resolve. If the amount of mana spent to cast that spell isn't greater than either of that creature's stats anymore, the ability will do nothing.
When comparing the mana spent to the creature's stats as the increment ability resolves, it's possible that the stat that is less than the mana spent changes from power to toughness or vice versa. For example, say you control a 1/3 creature with increment and you pay two mana to cast a spell. Since the amount of mana you spent is greater than the creature's power, increment will trigger. While the increment ability is on the stack, an effect gives the creature with increment +2/-2, making it a 3/1. When the increment ability resolves, the creature will still get a +1/+1 counter since the amount of mana you spent is greater than that creature's toughness.