Mages' Contest

Invasion · #154 · rare · EN

€5.31 · Foil €27.72

cheapest of 41 store offers · see all

market $13.53 · Foil $84.99

Mana cost: {1}{R}{R}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Counterspell

You and target spell's controller bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of 1. 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. If you win the bidding, counter that spell.

Artist: Bradley Williams

Released: 2000-10-02

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $13.53
  • TCGplayer foil: $84.99
  • Cardmarket: €5.26
  • Cardmarket foil: €27.72
  • MTGO tix: 0.20
$102.07$13.53
234 days of daily prices for Mages' Contest: $19.42 to $13.53
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $19.42 → $13.53 (-30%) · low $13.53 · high $102.07
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Invasion #154) 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
CardTraderHP · todayHPregular€5.31today
CardTraderMP · todayMPregular€5.62today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€5.66today
The Mystic StoreMP · 7 days agoMPregularCA$9.297 days ago
The Mystic StoreSP · 7 days agoSPregularCA$9.997 days ago
CardTraderDM · todayDMregular€6.63today
CardTraderSP · todaySPregular€6.64today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$7.55today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$8.95today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$8.99today
The Comic HunterNM · todayNMregularCA$13.73today
CardTraderNM · todayNMregular€10.15today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€27.72today
CardTraderMP · foil · todayMPfoil€30.39today
CardTraderSP · foil · todaySPfoil€40.52today
Face To Face GamesNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoilCA$94.99yesterday
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$75.95today
Hydra CollectNM · foil · 2 days agoNMfoil1767.72 MXN2 days ago
The Games CubeSP · foil · todaySPfoil155.07 AUDtoday

Truncated: 22 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: not legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 8 lists
  • 9 copies tracked

All printings of Mages' Contest

USD · low $13.53 · high $18.15

Set#RarityUSD
The List#INV-154 · rareINV-154rare$18.15
Invasion#154 · rare154rare$13.53