Consider the Prime Directive
2 printings · from $0.49 · pictured: Star Trek #51
Market history and store offers below are for Star Trek #51; the range above covers the listed printings.
Mana cost: {2}{U}
Type: Instant
Commonly played as: Draw, Counterspell
Choose one —
• Interfere — Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.
• Observe — Tap up to one target creature and put a stun counter on it. Draw a card. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Artist: Zoltan Boros
Released: 2026-11-13
Market price
- TCGplayer: $0.49
- TCGplayer foil: $0.25
- Cardmarket: €0.20
- Cardmarket foil: €0.18
- MTGO tix: 0.05
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.
Other languages
The same printing (Star Trek #51) in 5 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.
| Store | Condition | Finish | Price | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CardTrader | NM | regular | €0.12 | 2 days ago |
| ManaPool | MP | regular | $0.15 | today |
| ManaPool | NM | regular | $0.15 | today |
| ManaPool | SP | regular | $0.15 | today |
| ManaPool | NM | foil | $0.15 | today |
| CardTrader | NM | foil | €0.19 | 2 days ago |
| CardTrader | MP | regular | €0.20 | 2 days ago |
| ManaPool | SP | foil | $0.23 | today |
| Le Valet De Coeur | NM | regular | CA$0.35 | today |
| Cardmarket | NM | foil | €0.23 | today |
| CardTrader | SP | foil | €0.44 | 2 days ago |
| CardTrader | SP | regular | €1.02 | 2 days ago |
| Cardmarket | NM | regular | €0.23 | today |
| The Mystic Store | NM | regular | CA$0.39 | 2 days ago |
| Gamezilla | NM | foil | CA$0.60 | today |
| Gamezilla | NM | regular | CA$0.80 | today |
| The Games Cube | NM | foil | 0.90 AUD | yesterday |
| The Games Cube | NM | regular | 1.47 AUD | yesterday |
No offer matches these choices.
Truncated: 6 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 18 in total.
Format legality
- standard: legal
- pioneer: legal
- modern: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- commander: legal
- pauper: legal
- brawl: legal
In Gestic collections
- Held in 3 lists
All printings
| Set | # | Rarity | USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Trek | 51 | common | $0.49 |
| Star Trek Art Series | 1 | common | — |