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Startle

Startle Price

3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2021

Cheapest $0.15
Median $0.21
Highest $0.34
EDHREC Rank #15,490

Startle has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 2021 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is The List #MID-78 at $0.15, while the most expensive is Innistrad: Double Feature #78 at $0.34 — about 2× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.21. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Innistrad: Double Feature.

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Every Startle Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
The List #MID-78 (C) Cheapest 2024 $0.15 —
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt #78 (C) 2021 $0.21 —
Innistrad: Double Feature #78 (C) 2022 $0.34 $0.38 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.

Oracle Text
Instant
Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

Draw a card.
Legal In
Pioneer Modern Legacy Vintage Commander Pauper Brawl

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.

Official Judge Precedents

4 Precedents

Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. "Decayed" means "This creature can't block" and "When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat."

Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time.

Decayed does not grant haste. Creatures with decayed that enter the battlefield during your turn may not attack until your next turn.

Decayed does not create any attacking requirements. You may choose not to attack with a creature that has decayed.