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Art by Chris Rahn
Chris Rahn

Hindering Light

Shards of Alara #173
Common Non-foil Traditional foil EN

Released · Illustrated by Chris Rahn

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Not in a preconstructed deck (collector booster or promo printing).

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Centuries of careful practice have elevated the casting of protective spells to an art form. What little offensive magic remains on Bant stands little chance of breaching them.

What is this worth

Non-foil

$0.30 High confidence
  • Retail Card Kingdom $0.49 as of 2026-10-04
  • Retail Cardmarket $0.21 as of 2026-10-05
  • Retail Mana Pool $0.15 as of 2026-10-04
  • Retail TCGplayer $0.30 as of 2026-10-05
  • Buylist Card Kingdom $0.05 as of 2026-10-04

Traditional foil

$1.67 Medium confidence
  • Retail Card Kingdom $2.49 as of 2026-10-04
  • Retail Cardmarket $1.14 as of 2026-10-05
  • Retail Mana Pool $0.95 as of 2026-10-04
  • Retail TCGplayer $1.67 as of 2026-10-05
  • Buylist Card Kingdom $0.75 as of 2026-10-04

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Price history

Foil

7 d 0.0%

Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 05 Oct 2026, one point per day we recorded one.

Non-foil

7 d 0.0%

Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 05 Oct 2026, one point per day we recorded one.

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Oracle text

Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control.
Draw a card.

Legalities

Legal Not legal

Standard
Pioneer
Modern
Legacy
Vintage
Pauper
Premodern
Old School
Future
Commander
Duel Commander
Oathbreaker
Pauper Commander
PreDH
Brawl
Standard Brawl
Historic
Timeless
Alchemy
Gladiator
Penny Dreadful
tlr
competitivebrawl

Identifiers and data

Scryfall id
98e43870-4bed-4d76-a633-a6326c736d22
Oracle id
945ac15c-780b-44a9-8a8e-011cf1c30876
Illustration id
86c313c9-e420-48db-8163-4315b4a4408d
Card back id
0aeebaf5-8c7d-4636-9e82-8c27447861f7
Multiverse ids
177598
MTGO id
31287
TCGplayer id
27695
Cardmarket id
19722
MTGJSON uuid
d1636960-1147-5937-9bd8-8fae33a4978f
Card Kingdom id
125815
Cardsphere id
42424
Set code
ALA
Collector number
173
Layout
normal
Frame
2003
Border
black
Booster
Yes
Games
paper, mtgo
Story spotlight
No
Reserved list
No
EDHREC rank
5529
Penny rank
7987

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