Axis of Mortality

As of Aug 9, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Axis of Mortality is $1.11 (XLN #3), and the most expensive is $5.84 (PXLN #3s, Prerelease, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.11, up 3.7% over 7 days, down 3.5% over 30 days, down 7.5% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $1.24 (2026).

Axis of Mortality has 2 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including prerelease treatments.

XLN #3

$1.11

CK $1.79 / $0.45 59%

MP $0.86 73 avail

XLN #3 Foil

$2.67 +141%

CK $3.49 / $1.23 54%

MP $2.66 10 avail

PXLN #3s Prerelease Foil

$5.84 +426%

CK $9.99 / $4.00 32%

MP $5.57 2 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $4.00 cash for PXLN #3s (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 60% (wide).

• Sep 29, 2017 If a player can’t gain life, that player can’t exchange life totals with a player with a higher life total. If a player can’t lose life, that player can’t exchange life totals with a player with a lower life total. In either of these cases, neither player’s life total will change.
• Sep 29, 2017 If one of the targeted players is an illegal target when the triggered ability of Axis of Mortality tries to resolve, the exchange won’t happen. Neither player’s life total will change.
• Sep 29, 2017 In a Two-Headed Giant game, each player is considered to have the same life total as their team. If the two targeted players are on different teams, those players gain or lose the appropriate amount of life so that the teams end up exchanging life totals. If the two targeted players are teammates, they can’t exchange life totals.
• Sep 29, 2017 When the life totals are exchanged, each player gains or loses the amount of life necessary to equal the other player’s previous life total. For example, if player A has 5 life and player B has 3 life before the exchange, player A will lose 2 life and player B will gain 2 life. Replacement effects may modify these gains and losses, and triggered abilities may trigger on them.

Axis of Mortality has been reprinted 3 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
XLN #3	2017-09-29	Mythic	Standard
XLN #3	2017-09-29	Mythic	Standard
PXLN #3s	2017-09-29	Mythic	Prerelease

Axis of Mortality is the #11,284 most-played card on EDHREC, down 75 places over the last 30 days.