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Tibalt's Trickery

Instant Rare
5 printings EDHREC #589 Prices updated Jul 23, 2026
KHM #153
$9.98
▲ +$0.33 (+3.4%) 7 days
Price History

Tibalt's Trickery Price Summary

As of Jul 23, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Tibalt's Trickery is $9.98 (KHM #153), and the most expensive is $28.21 (PKHM #153s, Prerelease, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $9.98, up 3.4% over 7 days, down 4.0% over 30 days, up 1.7% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $14.35 (2026).

Tibalt's Trickery Printings & Prices

9 variants

Tibalt's Trickery has 5 tracked printings across 3 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including borderless, promo pack, prerelease and extended art treatments.

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Sell Tibalt's Trickery: Buylist Offers

8 offers

Card Kingdom currently pays $14.00 cash for PKHM #153s (Foil).

Buyer Printing Finish Cash offer Retail Spread
Card Kingdom PKHM #153s Foil $14.00
Card Kingdom SLD #7027 Nonfoil $13.50 $23.99 44%
Card Kingdom PKHM #153p Foil $12.00 $19.99 40%
Card Kingdom KHM #360 Nonfoil $12.00 $20.99 43%
Card Kingdom SLD #7027 Foil $11.50 $20.99 45%
Card Kingdom PKHM #153p Nonfoil $11.00
Card Kingdom KHM #153 Nonfoil $10.00 $17.99 44%
Card Kingdom KHM #153 Foil $9.00 $17.99 50%

Tibalt's Trickery Rules Text & Legality

Instant — mana cost {1}{R}

Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Tibalt's Trickery is legal in Pioneer, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard, Modern and Pauper.

standard
Not legal
modern
Banned
pauper
Not legal

Tibalt's Trickery Rulings

5 most recent
  • Feb 5, 2021 If a player casts a spell "without paying its mana cost," they can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. They can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
  • Feb 5, 2021 If the spell has {X} in its mana cost, they must choose 0 as the value of X.
  • Feb 5, 2021 If the spell that's countered was the back face of a modal double-faced card, no card in the player's library will have the same name as that spell because those cards all use only their front-face characteristics while in the library; however, if the first card the player exiles that has a different name than the spell is a modal double-faced card, they may cast either face, even if the back face has the same name as the countered spell.
  • Feb 5, 2021 If there aren't any nonland cards in that library with a different name than the countered spell, the player will exile all cards from their library, revealing all of them, and then they'll put those cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.
  • Feb 5, 2021 Tibalt's Trickery can target a spell that can't be countered. If Tibalt's Trickery resolves, the target spell won't be countered, but all of the other effects will still happen.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

9 printings

Tibalt's Trickery has been reprinted 9 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment
SLD #7027 2021-06-21 Rare Borderless
SLD #7027 2021-06-21 Rare Borderless
KHM #360 2021-02-05 Rare Extended Art
KHM #360 2021-02-05 Rare Extended Art
KHM #153 2021-02-05 Rare Standard
KHM #153 2021-02-05 Rare Standard
PKHM #153s 2021-02-05 Rare Prerelease
PKHM #153p 2021-02-05 Rare Promo Pack
PKHM #153p 2021-02-05 Rare Promo Pack

Tibalt's Trickery in Commander

Tibalt's Trickery is the #589 most-played card on EDHREC, down 3 places over the last 30 days.

Tibalt's Trickery FAQ

How much is Tibalt's Trickery worth?

Tibalt's Trickery is worth about $9.98 for its cheapest playable printing as of Jul 23, 2026. Prices range from $9.98 to $28.21 across 5 tracked printings.

Is Tibalt's Trickery legal in Commander?

Yes — Tibalt's Trickery is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer and Legacy.

Has Tibalt's Trickery been reprinted?

Yes — Tibalt's Trickery has been reprinted 9 times, with 5 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Tibalt's Trickery expensive?

Tibalt's Trickery holds a $9.98 price because Commander demand is high (#589 on EDHREC) and even with 9 reprints, demand keeps pace with supply.