Hindering Light

Shards of Alara · #173 · common · EN

$0.15 · Foil €0.60

cheapest of 41 store offers · see all

market $0.30 · Foil $1.70

Mana cost: {W}{U}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Draw, Counterspell, Protection

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

Artist: Chris Rahn

Released: 2008-10-03

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.30
  • TCGplayer foil: $1.70
  • Cardmarket: €0.42
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.88
  • MTGO tix: 0.03
$1.70$0.21
240 days of daily prices for Hindering Light: $0.34 to $0.30
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 240 days tracked · $0.34 → $0.30 (-12%) · low $0.21 · high $1.70
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Shards of Alara #173) in 8 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.20today
The Mystic StoreMP · 7 days agoMPregularCA$0.297 days ago
CardTraderNM · 3 days agoNMregular€0.193 days ago
The Mystic StoreSP · 7 days agoSPregularCA$0.347 days ago
The Comic HunterNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$0.372 days ago
401 GamesMP · todayMPregularCA$0.38today
Magic StrongholdSP · yesterdaySPregularCA$0.39yesterday
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€0.273 days ago
CardTraderDM · foil · 3 days agoDMfoil€0.603 days ago
CardTraderHP · foil · 3 days agoHPfoil€0.793 days ago
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.92today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.88today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$1.10today
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€1.103 days ago
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$1.27today
CardTraderMP · foil · 3 days agoMPfoil€1.293 days ago
Taverne du CollectionneurNM · foil · 4 days agoNMfoilCA$2.554 days ago

Truncated: 20 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 41 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 19 lists
  • Played in 2 decks
  • 45 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Hindering Light

USD · low $0.18 · high $0.30

Set#RarityUSD
Breaking News#46 · uncommon46uncommon$0.18
Shards of Alara#173 · common173common$0.30