Kari Zev's Expertise

As of Jul 28, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Kari Zev's Expertise is $1.06 (AER #88), and the most expensive is $3.80 (PAER #88s, Prerelease, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.06, down 10.2% over 7 days, down 49.5% over 30 days, up 51.4% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $2.27 (2026).

Kari Zev's Expertise has 2 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including prerelease treatments.

AER #88

$1.06

CK $1.49 / $0.19 82%

MP $0.71 202 avail

AER #88 Foil

$2.76 +160%

CK $5.99 / $2.40 13%

MP $2.08 14 avail

PAER #88s Prerelease Foil

$3.80 +258%

CK $6.99 / $1.50 61%

MP $4.16 3 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $2.40 cash for AER #88 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 60% (wide).

• Apr 18, 2017 The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If an expertise spell allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half or, if that split card has fuse, both halves.
• Feb 9, 2017 A card's mana value is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner. The mana value is the total amount of mana in that cost, regardless of color. For example, a card with mana cost {1}{U}{U} has mana value 3. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions that could apply to it. A card with no mana cost has a mana value of 0.
• Feb 9, 2017 Any triggered abilities that trigger while performing the Expertise spell's first effect won't be put onto the stack until after you're done casting your free spell. They're put onto the stack at the same time as any abilities that triggered while casting that spell regardless of the order in which those abilities triggered.
• Feb 9, 2017 Effects that allow you to "cast" a card don't allow you to play a land card.
• Feb 9, 2017 If the Expertise spell you cast has any targets, and those targets become illegal before the spell resolves, the spell doesn't resolve and none of its effects happen. You won't get to cast a free spell.

Kari Zev's Expertise has been reprinted 3 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
PAER #88s	2017-01-20	Rare	Prerelease
AER #88	2017-01-20	Rare	Standard
AER #88	2017-01-20	Rare	Standard

Kari Zev's Expertise is the #6,808 most-played card on EDHREC, down 15 places over the last 30 days.