Thieves' Auction Price
4 printings · 3 sets · first printed 1999
Thieves' Auction has been printed 4 times across 3 sets, first in 1999 and most recently in 2021. Right now the cheapest printing is Eighth Edition #227 at $4.22, while the most expensive is Eighth Edition #227★ at $11.06 — about 3× more. The median across 4 priced printings is $6.66. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 4x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (The List).
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Every Thieves' Auction Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eighth Edition #227 (R) Cheapest | 2003 | $4.22 | $1.85 |
| Mercadian Masques #218 (R) | 1999 | $5.54 | $3.00 |
| The List #MMQ-218 (R) | 2021 | $7.78 | $2.50 |
| Eighth Edition #227★ (R) Foil | 2003 | $11.06 | — |
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 4 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsAn Aura put onto the battlefield this way does not target the permanent it is placed upon.
Triggers from the permanents leaving the battlefield and then being put back onto the battlefield are not put on the stack until the entire effect is done.
In multi-player games, it affects all players and players make choices in turn order.
You can’t pick a card that can’t legally be returned to the battlefield. If there are no cards that can be legally returned, then you can’t pick one.
If you choose an Aura, you can put it on any permanent it can legally enchant. If there is nothing it can legally enchant, it remains exiled, and it can still be chosen by you or another player later in the auction. If there comes a point where only Auras and no legal permanents left, they stay exiled permanently.