Illicit Auction

Mirage · #183 · rare · EN

€0.87

cheapest of 26 store offers · see all

market $6.55

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: 1996-10-08

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $6.55
  • Cardmarket: €2.44
  • MTGO tix: 0.08
$7.49$5.43
234 days of daily prices for Illicit Auction: $5.69 to $6.55
2026-01-252026-11-12
234 days tracked · $5.69 → $6.55 (+15%) · low $5.43 · high $7.49
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Mirage #183) 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
CardTraderSP · todaySPregular€0.87today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€2.51today
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$3.30today
CardTraderMP · todayMPregular€3.61today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$4.22today
CardTraderHP · todayHPregular€3.96today
Card KingdomMP · 3 days agoMPregular$4.543 days ago
The Comic HunterNM · 3 days agoNMregularCA$6.653 days ago
Card KingdomSP · 3 days agoSPregular$5.193 days ago
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$5.36today
CardTraderDM · todayDMregular€4.84today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$5.44today
MTG MexicoHP · 3 days agoHPregular107.00 MXN3 days ago
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$6.54today

Truncated: 12 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 26 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 7 lists
  • 12 copies tracked

All printings of Illicit Auction

USD · low $5.24 · high $6.55

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