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Havoc Festival

Enchantment Rare
1 printings EDHREC #8,306 Prices updated Aug 1, 2026
RTR #166
$0.36
▲ +$0.01 (+2.9%) 7 days
Price History

Havoc Festival Price Summary

As of Aug 1, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Havoc Festival is $0.36 (RTR #166), and the most expensive is $1.65 (RTR #166, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.36, up 2.9% over 7 days, down 7.7% over 30 days, down 12.2% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $0.49 (2026).

Havoc Festival Printings & Prices

2 variants

Havoc Festival has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

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Sell Havoc Festival: Buylist Offers

2 offers

Card Kingdom currently pays $0.60 cash for RTR #166 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 70% (wide).

Buyer Printing Finish Cash offer Retail Spread
Card Kingdom RTR #166 Foil $0.60 $1.99 70%
Card Kingdom RTR #166 Nonfoil $0.09 $0.69 87%

Havoc Festival Rules Text & Legality

Enchantment — mana cost {4}{B}{R}

Players can't gain life.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses half their life, rounded up.

""We can't control enemies who have no regard for their own survival." —Arrester Lavinia, Tenth Precinct"

Havoc Festival is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard and Pauper.

standard
Not legal
pauper
Not legal

Havoc Festival Rulings

5 most recent
  • Oct 1, 2012 Effects that would replace gaining life with another effect won’t apply because it’s impossible for players to gain life.
  • Oct 1, 2012 If an effect says to set a player’s life total to a certain number and that number is higher than the player’s current life total, that part of the effect won’t do anything. (If the number is lower than the player’s current life total, the effect will work as normal.)
  • Oct 1, 2012 In a Two-Headed Giant game, the last ability triggers for each player. Any life loss is applied to the team’s life total. For example, if the team has 30 life, the first ability will cause the player (and thus the team) to lose 15 life and then the second ability will cause the other player (and thus the team) to lose 8 life. The team will end up having 7 life.
  • Oct 1, 2012 Spells and abilities that would cause a player to gain life still resolve, but the life-gain part has no effect.
  • Oct 1, 2012 The amount of life lost is calculated when the triggered ability resolves. For example, if a player has 20 life and there are two Havoc Festivals on the battlefield, the first ability will cause that player to lose 10 life and then the second ability will cause that player to lose 5 life.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

2 printings

Havoc Festival has been reprinted 2 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment
RTR #166 2012-10-05 Rare Standard
RTR #166 2012-10-05 Rare Standard

Havoc Festival in Commander

Havoc Festival is the #8,306 most-played card on EDHREC, down 77 places over the last 30 days.

Havoc Festival FAQ

How much is Havoc Festival worth?

Havoc Festival is worth about $0.36 for its cheapest playable printing as of Aug 1, 2026. Prices range from $0.36 to $1.65 across 1 tracked printings.

Is Havoc Festival legal in Commander?

Yes — Havoc Festival is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.

Has Havoc Festival been reprinted?

Yes — Havoc Festival has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Havoc Festival cheap?

Havoc Festival trades at about $0.36 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#8,306 on EDHREC).