Ugin, the Ineffable Price
11 printings · 6 sets · first printed 2019
Ugin, the Ineffable has been printed 11 times across 6 sets, first in 2019 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is War of the Spark #2 at $1.76, while the most expensive is War of the Spark Promos #2sā at $89.66 — about 51× more. The median across 9 priced printings is $2.69. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 11x, including dedicated reprint sets like Modern Horizons 3 Commander, Commander Masters.
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Every Ugin, the Ineffable Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| War of the Spark #2 (R) Cheapest | 2019 | $1.76 | $1.05 |
| War of the Spark #2ā (R) | 2019 | $1.79 | $1.30 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander #160 (R) | 2024 | $1.91 | $0.40 |
| Commander Masters #811 (R) | 2023 | $2.41 | $1.30 |
| War of the Spark Promos #2p (R) | 2019 | $2.69 | $0.60 |
| War of the Spark Promos #2s (R) Foil | 2019 | $6.28 | $1.00 foil |
| Secret Lair Drop #1243 (R) Foil | 2023 | $10.07 | $6.40 foil |
| Secret Lair Drop #502 (R) Foil | 2021 | $15.06 | $7.50 foil |
| War of the Spark Promos #2sā (R) Foil | 2019 | $89.66 | $65.00 foil |
| Magic Online Promos #77969 (R) | 2019 | — | — |
| Magic Online Promos #72235 (R) | 2019 | — | — |
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.
less to cast.+1: Exile the top card of your library face down and look at it. Create a 2/2 colorless Spirit creature token. When that token leaves the battlefield, put the exiled card into your hand.
ā3: Destroy target permanent that's one or more colors.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 11 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
7 PrecedentsOnce you look at the exiled face-down card once, you may look at it again any time you wish. If another player gains control of the Spirit token, that player can't look at the exiled card.
A land normally has no color, even if it can produce one or more colors of mana.
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Ugin). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
If the Spirit leaves the battlefield for any reason, you'll put the exiled card into your hand, even if Ugin left the battlefield before that happened.
If an effect such as that of Doubling Season causes Ugin to create two Spirit tokens, you still only exile one card from your library. You'll put that card into your hand the first time that either of the tokens leaves the battlefield.
A colorless spell whose mana cost is or 
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to cast.
If you've activated Ugin's ability multiple times, you must keep track of which exiled card belongs to each Spirit token.