Pulse of the Dross

Darksteel · #50 · rare · EN

$0.15 · Foil $0.62

cheapest of 59 store offers · see all

market $0.29 · Foil $1.07

Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}

Type: Sorcery

Target player reveals three cards from their hand and you choose one of them. That player discards that card. Then if that player has more cards in hand than you, return Pulse of the Dross to its owner's hand.

Artist: Paolo Parente

Released: 2004-02-06

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.29
  • TCGplayer foil: $1.07
  • Cardmarket: €0.23
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.81
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$1.07$0.24
236 days of daily prices for Pulse of the Dross: $0.24 to $0.29
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 236 days tracked · $0.24 → $0.29 (+21%) · low $0.24 · high $1.07
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Darksteel #50) in 7 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
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
CardTraderMP · yesterdayMPregular€0.14yesterday
GameKeeperMP · todayMPregularCA$0.24today
The Comic HunterNM · todayNMregularCA$0.24today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.18today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.18today
CardTraderNM · yesterdayNMregular€0.17yesterday
CardTraderSP · yesterdaySPregular€0.17yesterday
CardTraderHP · yesterdayHPregular€0.18yesterday
Le Coin Du JeuHP · 5 days agoHPregularCA$0.305 days ago
Magic StrongholdSP · yesterdaySPregularCA$0.33yesterday
CardTraderDM · yesterdayDMregular€0.34yesterday
ManaPoolHP · foil · todayHPfoil$0.62today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.77today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.81today
The Comic HunterNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$1.32today
Le Valet De CoeurNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$1.49today
CardTraderSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoil€0.95yesterday
MTG MexicoMP · foil · 3 days agoMPfoil20.00 MXN3 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · yesterdayMPfoil€1.02yesterday
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$1.15today
401 GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$1.80today
CardTraderHP · foil · yesterdayHPfoil€1.34yesterday

Truncated: 34 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 59 in total.

Format legality

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

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 10 lists
  • Played in 1 deck
  • 10 copies tracked

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