More or Less
~$0.21 low · ~$0.58 high
Blue. Instant
Unstable #40 · Illustrated by Chris Seaman
Unstable #40 · Illustrated by Chris SeamanWhat is More or Less worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Add or subtract 1 or one from a number or number word on target spell or permanent until end of turn.
Why was 5 afraid of 6? Because 678.
Format legality
The only printing of More or Less
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Unstable ust #40· 2017uncommon· Cardmarket €0.12 · €0.44 foil | uncommon | $0.21 | $0.58 | €0.12€0.44 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 1
- Artist
- Chris Seaman
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Unstable card (#40).
40 · U · EN
- 40Collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of More or Less, read from the Unstable printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- More or Less. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 1: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Instant 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 Chris Seaman. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Unstable. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 40 = collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
- Rarity letter
- U = uncommon
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Chris Seaman, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (7)
2018-01-19
You can change the number of sides on a die. If you don’t have any five-sided, seven-sided dice, or d21s handy, you can use other dice to simulate the rolls.
2018-01-19
You can change power or toughness. If you change a toughness of 1 to 0, the creature will probably die.
2018-01-19
Indefinite articles such as “a” in “draw a card” aren’t number words and can’t be modified.
2018-01-19
You can change the number of dice rolled for an effect only if the original instruction included a number word to describe how many dice to roll. You can’t change the “a” in “roll a six-sided die,” but you could change the “two” in “roll two six-sided dice.”
2018-01-19
You can’t change any instance of X.
2018-01-19
You can turn a 0 into a -1. Sources that would deal 0 or less damage don’t deal any damage, even in silver-bordered games.
2018-01-19
You can change the numeral inside of a mana symbol, but you can’t modify the cost of a spell in time to pay less for it. It must already be on the stack to be a valid target for More or Less.
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