Illicit Auction

Mana cost

{3}{R}{R}

Type

Sorcery

Set

Mirage #183 (rare)

Price

$6.55 USD

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.)

Illicit Auction has 2 printings, first in Mirage (1996). EDHREC ranks it #11,966 among Commander cards. It appears most in Magar of the Magic Strings decks (681 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.

Legality

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