Illicit Auction

2 printings · from $5.24 to $6.55 · pictured: Classic Sixth Edition #190

€2.21

cheapest of 17 store offers · see all

market $5.24

Mana cost: {3}{R}{R}

Type: Sorcery

Each player may bid life for control of target creature. You start the bidding with a bid of 0. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and gains control of the creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Artist: Scott Kirschner

Released: 1999-04-21

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $5.24
  • Cardmarket: €2.12
  • MTGO tix: 0
$5.24$3.13
243 days of daily prices for Illicit Auction: $3.13 to $5.24
2026-01-252026-11-12
243 days tracked · $3.13 → $5.24 (+67%) · low $3.13 · high $5.24
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Classic Sixth Edition #190) 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
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€2.21today
Card KingdomMP · todayMPregular$4.19today
CardTraderHP · 4 days agoHPregular€4.114 days ago
Hydra CollectNM · 2 days agoNMregular88.39 MXN2 days ago
Card KingdomSP · todaySPregular$4.79today
The Comic HunterNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$7.602 days ago
GameKeeperSP · todaySPregularCA$8.44today
CardTraderMP · 4 days agoMPregular€5.764 days ago
CardTraderSP · 4 days agoSPregular€6.144 days ago
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$8.60today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$12.54today

Truncated: 6 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 17 in total.

Format legality

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

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 10 lists

All printings

Set#RarityUSD
Classic Sixth Edition#190 · rare190rare$5.24
Mirage#183 · rare183rare$6.55