Praetor's Counsel

As of Aug 8, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Praetor's Counsel is $2.17 (CMA #134), and the most expensive is $22.97 (MBS #88, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $4.22, up 55.1% over 7 days, up 1.7% over 30 days, up 172.3% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $4.57 (2026).

Praetor's Counsel has 4 tracked printings across 4 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

CMA #134

$2.17

CK $3.49 / $0.65 70%

MP $2.34 3 avail

MBS #88

$2.73 +26%

CK $2.99 / $0.75 73%

MP $1.90 8 avail

C14 #209

$3.16 +46%

CK $2.99 / $0.75 76%

MP $2.64 16 avail

PLST #C14-209

$4.22 +94%

CK $2.99 / $0.50 88%

MP $2.50 46 avail

MBS #88 Foil

$22.97 +959%

CK $19.99 / $12.00 48%

MP $21.54 2 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $12.00 cash for MBS #88 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 40% (normal).

• Jun 1, 2011 If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order. For example, if you put Null Profusion (an enchantment that says your maximum hand size is two) onto the battlefield and then resolve Praetor's Counsel, you have no maximum hand size. However, if those events happened in the opposite order, your maximum hand size would be two.
• Jun 1, 2011 Later effects that modify your maximum hand size, but don't set it to a specific number, will have no effect.

Praetor's Counsel has been reprinted 5 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
PLST #C14-209	2022-04-29	Mythic	Standard
CMA #134	2017-06-09	Mythic	Standard
C14 #209	2014-11-07	Mythic	Standard
MBS #88	2011-02-04	Mythic	Standard
MBS #88	2011-02-04	Mythic	Standard

Praetor's Counsel is the #5,271 most-played card on EDHREC, down 40 places over the last 30 days.