Kess, Dissident Mage

As of Jul 31, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Kess, Dissident Mage is $3.94 (NCC #344), and the most expensive is $18.87 (SLD #1167, Borderless, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $17.75, up 334.0% over 7 days, up 255.0% over 30 days, up 280.1% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $17.75 (2026).

Kess, Dissident Mage has 4 tracked printings across 4 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including borderless treatments.

NCC #344

$3.94

CK $4.49 / $1.80 54%

MP $3.86 36 avail

MH1 #206

$4.58 +16%

CK $4.49 / $1.80 61%

MP $4.28 73 avail

C17 #39 Foil

$4.89 +24%

CK $5.99 / $2.00 59%

MP $4.19 38 avail

MH1 #206 Foil

$10.16 +158%

CK $15.99 / $6.40 37%

MP $10.76 5 avail

SLD #1167 Borderless

$17.75 +351%

CK $14.99 / $7.50 58%

MP $14.18 8 avail

SLD #1167 Borderless Foil

$18.87 +379%

CK $16.99 / $8.50 55%

MP $18.33 11 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $8.50 cash for SLD #1167 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

• Jun 14, 2019 If a sorcery card is put into your graveyard during your main phase and the stack is empty, you have a chance to cast it before any player may attempt to remove that card from your graveyard.
• Jun 14, 2019 If a spell cast this way is put into another zone after it resolves (perhaps because it had buyback), it's considered a new object. If that card later moves to your graveyard, it won't be exiled.
• Jun 14, 2019 If you cast a card from your graveyard using another permission (such as that of flashback), Kess's effect doesn't apply. You can cast another instant or sorcery card from your graveyard.
• Jun 14, 2019 If you cast one instant or sorcery card from your graveyard and then have a new Kess come under your control in the same turn, you may cast another instant or sorcery card from your graveyard that turn.
• Jun 14, 2019 Once you begin to cast the card, losing control of Kess won't affect the spell. You can finish casting it as normal and it will be exiled if it would be put into your graveyard.

Kess, Dissident Mage has been reprinted 6 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
NCC #344	2022-04-29	Mythic	Standard
SLD #1167	2021-06-21	Mythic	Borderless
SLD #1167	2021-06-21	Mythic	Borderless
MH1 #206	2019-06-14	Mythic	Standard
MH1 #206	2019-06-14	Mythic	Standard
C17 #39	2017-08-25	Mythic	Standard

Kess, Dissident Mage is the #3,090 most-played card on EDHREC, down 33 places over the last 30 days.