Impromptu Raid
~$0.38 low · ~$3.16 high
Multicolor. Enchantment
Shadowmoor #209 · Illustrated by Randy Gallegos
Shadowmoor #209 · Illustrated by Randy GallegosWhat is Impromptu Raid worth?
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Oracle text
: Reveal the top card of your library. If it isn't a creature card, put it into your graveyard. Otherwise, put that card onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
For the Scuzzback gang, it's always "raid o'clock."
Format legality
The only printing of Impromptu Raid
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shadowmoor shm #209· 2008rare· Cardmarket €0.26 · €1.33 foil | rare | $0.38 | $3.16 | €0.26€1.33 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2008
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #29,520 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Randy Gallegos
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Shadowmoor card (#209).
209
- 209Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Impromptu Raid, read from the Shadowmoor printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Impromptu Raid. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 4: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Enchantment is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Illustration
- By Randy Gallegos. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Shadowmoor. Gold means rare.
- Collector number
- 209 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Randy Gallegos, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (2)
2008-05-01
If the ability is activated after the current turn’s End step has begun, the creature won’t be sacrificed until the next turn’s End step.
2008-05-01
If you put a creature onto the battlefield and a different player takes control of it before the end of the turn, you can’t sacrifice it at end of turn. It will remain on the battlefield. It will have haste as long as it’s on the battlefield.
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