Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root

As of Aug 8, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root is $1.01 (STX #161, Foil), and the most expensive is $3.44 (STX #333, Extended Art). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.36, up 33.3% over 7 days, up 13.3% over 30 days, up 142.9% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $1.36 (2026).

Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root has 4 tracked printings across 3 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including prerelease and extended art treatments.

STX #161 Foil

$1.01

CK $2.49 / $0.63 38%

MP $0.63 12 avail

STX #161

$1.02

CK $1.29 / $0.26 75%

MP $0.87 105 avail

PLST #STX-161

$1.36 +33%

CK $1.49 / $0.30 78%

MP $1.14 10 avail

STX #333 Extended Art Foil

$2.22 +118%

CK $4.49 / $1.80 19%

MP $2.00 4 avail

PSTX #161s Prerelease Foil

$2.90 +184%

CK $6.49 / $3.70 -28%

STX #333 Extended Art

$3.44 +237%

CK $3.99 / $1.00 71%

MP $3.29 17 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $3.70 cash for PSTX #161s (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 43% (wide).

• Apr 16, 2021 An ability that triggers “whenever you gain life” triggers just once for each life-gaining event, no matter how much life you gain.
• Apr 16, 2021 Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, a “whenever you gain life” ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
• Apr 16, 2021 If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, and both Valentin and another effect are trying to exile it instead, that opponent chooses which effect to apply. If Valentin’s effect ends up not applying because of this choice, the triggered ability that allows you to pay {2} won’t trigger, even if the creature card ends up in exile.
• Apr 16, 2021 If you gain an amount of life “for each” of something, that life is gained as one event and the ability will trigger only once.
• Apr 16, 2021 If you gain life at the same time a creature you control is dealt lethal damage, that creature dies before Lisette’s ability can put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root has been reprinted 6 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
PLST #STX-161	2022-04-29	Rare	Standard
PSTX #161s	2021-04-23	Rare	Prerelease
STX #161	2021-04-23	Rare	Standard
STX #161	2021-04-23	Rare	Standard
STX #333	2021-04-23	Rare	Extended Art
STX #333	2021-04-23	Rare	Extended Art

Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root is the #7,626 most-played card on EDHREC, down 33 places over the last 30 days.