Pox Price
5 printings · 5 sets · first printed 1995
Pox has been printed 5 times across 5 sets, first in 1995 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is Mystery Booster 2 #185 at $1.33, while the most expensive is Ice Age #158 at $7.97 — about 6× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $6.24. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 5x, including dedicated reprint sets like Mystery Booster 2, Masters Edition.
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Every Pox Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 #185 (R) Cheapest | 2024 | $1.33 | $0.80 |
| Fifth Edition #189 (R) | 1997 | $6.24 | $2.75 |
| Ice Age #158 (R) | 1995 | $7.97 | $4.80 |
| Masters Edition #82 (R) | 2007 | — | — |
| Oversized League Prizes #63 (R) | 1999 | — | — |
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.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
3 PrecedentsThe number you need to lose, discard, or sacrifice isn't calculated until it's time to perform that part of the effect. For example, if your opponent casts Pox and you discard Dodecapod as part of Pox's discard effect, Dodecapod will be put onto the battlefield instead of into your graveyard. Then, when determining how many creatures you need to sacrifice, the Dodecapod is taken into account.
The losses, discards, and sacrifices are rounded up. For example, if you have 5 life, you'll lose 2 life, leaving you at 3 life. (Five divided by three is one and two-thirds. Rounding that up to the nearest whole number gives you two.)
Each part of Pox's effect is processed separately. For each part, first the player whose turn it is makes all necessary choices (such as which cards to discard), then each other player in turn order chooses, then the actions happen at the same time. Then Pox's effect moves to the next stage.