Abstruse Appropriation

As of Aug 8, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Abstruse Appropriation is $0.29 (MH3 #177), and the most expensive is $2.64 (MH3 #342, Borderless, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.29, up 7.4% over 7 days, up 20.8% over 30 days, down 3.3% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $1.78 (2024).

Abstruse Appropriation has 3 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including prerelease and borderless treatments.

MH3 #177

$0.29

CK $0.49 / $0.03 90%

MP $0.15 848 avail

MH3 #177 Foil

$0.34 +17%

CK $0.79 / $0.16 53%

MP $0.20 91 avail

PMH3 #177s Prerelease Foil

$0.53 +83%

CK $1.49 / $0.60 -13%

MP $0.48 16 avail

MH3 #342 Borderless

$0.61 +110%

CK $0.59 / $0.08 87%

MP $0.20 137 avail

MH3 #342 Borderless Foil

$2.64 +810%

CK $2.49 / $0.75 72%

MP $1.02 16 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $0.75 cash for MH3 #342 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 70% (wide).

• Jun 7, 2024 A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.
• Jun 7, 2024 Abstruse Appropriation doesn't change when you can cast the exiled card. For example, if you exile a creature card without flash, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
• Jun 7, 2024 Devoid doesn't affect the color identity of the card for the purposes of the Commander variant. For example, while Abstruse Appropriation is colorless because it has devoid, its color identity is still white and black, and it can't be included in a Commander deck where the commander's color identity doesn't include both white and black.
• Jun 7, 2024 Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.
• Jun 7, 2024 If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.

Abstruse Appropriation has been reprinted 5 times. The Modern Horizons 3 reprint cut the price 91% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
MH3 #342	2024-06-14	Rare	Borderless	$1.78	$1.78	$0.99	$0.76
MH3 #177	2024-06-14	Rare	Standard	$3.21	$0.33	$0.30	$0.24
PMH3 #177s	2024-06-14	Rare	Prerelease	$6.00	$2.73	$1.83	$1.27
MH3 #177	2024-06-14	Rare	Standard	$0.94	$0.64	$0.46	$0.31
MH3 #342	2024-06-14	Rare	Borderless	$5.75	$3.30	$2.84	$2.06

Abstruse Appropriation is the #5,406 most-played card on EDHREC, down 232 places over the last 30 days.