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Illicit Auction
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Classic Sixth Edition6ED · #190
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 2.12 € · 5.16 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Each player may bid life for control of target creature. You start the bidding with a bid of 0. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and gains control of the creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Scott Kirschner
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1999-04-21
Rulings
This is a life loss and not a life payment so you can bid more life than you have.
