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Word of Blasting

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No. 228What the codes mean

Word of Blasting

Mercadian Masques #228 · Illustrated by Eric Peterson

What is Word of Blasting worth?

Cheapest copy

~$0.17

Non-foil · Mercadian Masques #228

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~$8.49

Foil · Mercadian Masques #228

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4 prices from $0.17 to $8.49. Every price is in the printings table below.

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Oracle text

Destroy target Wall. It can't be regenerated. Word of Blasting deals damage equal to that Wall's mana value to the Wall's controller.

"Walls? What walls?" —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

All 3 printings of Word of Blasting

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Fifth Edition #276
Fifth Edition
5ed #276· 1997uncommon· Cardmarket €0.17
uncommon$0.21No foil printing€0.17
Ice Age #224
Ice Age
ice #224· 1995uncommon· Cardmarket €0.25
uncommon$0.23No foil printing€0.25

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Card details

First printed
1995
Printings
3
Mana value
2
EDHREC rank
#32,014 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Artists
Eric Peterson, Ken Meyer, Jr.

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Mercadian Masques card (#228).

228

  • 228Collector 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.

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