Ertai's Meddling

Tempest · #61 · rare · EN

$0.57

cheapest of 19 store offers · see all

market $1.62

Mana cost: {X}{U}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Counterspell

X can't be 0.
Target spell's controller exiles it with X delay counters on it.
At the beginning of each of that player's upkeeps, if that card is exiled, remove a delay counter from it. If the card has no delay counters on it, the player puts it onto the stack as a copy of the original spell.

Artist: Steve Luke

Released: 1997-10-14

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $1.62
  • Cardmarket: €0.66
  • MTGO tix: 0.33
$2.67$0.80
231 days of daily prices for Ertai's Meddling: $0.83 to $1.62
2026-01-252026-11-12
231 days tracked · $0.83 → $1.62 (+95%) · low $0.80 · high $2.67
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Tempest #61) 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
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.57today
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.60today
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€0.603 days ago
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.62today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.86today
CardTraderDM · 3 days agoDMregular€0.783 days ago
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€0.803 days ago
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.97today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.99today
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€0.903 days ago
CardTraderNM · 3 days agoNMregular€1.123 days ago
TopDeck HeroSP · 4 days agoSPregularCA$1.794 days ago

Truncated: 7 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 19 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 14 lists
  • Played in 1 deck
  • 21 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

  • The Slivers {B}{U}1 copy · 60 cards · official precon

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All printings of Ertai's Meddling

USD · low $0.80 · high $1.62

Set#RarityUSD
The List#TMP-61 · rareTMP-61rare$0.80
Tempest#61 · rare61rare$1.62