Kraken's Eye
Artifact
9EDNinth Edition#302uncommon
Bright as a mirror, dark as the sea.
- Border
- white
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 37
- Illustrator
- Alan Pollack
- Found in
- Ninth Edition Theme Deck Lofty Heights · Ninth Edition MTGO Redemption · Ninth Edition Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may gain 1 life.
Plays as: Lifegain Source
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.15
$0.08 low$0.04 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.15as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.57L $0.10since Feb 2024$0.08
$0.04
$0.04+50% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.11· across 9 printings
Rulings
2 · latest Oct 1, 2009 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 1, 2009
If a player casts a blue spell, Kraken’s Eye’s ability triggers and is put on the stack on top of that spell. Kraken’s Eye’s ability will resolve (causing you to gain 1 life) before the spell does.
- WotCOct 1, 2009
The ability triggers whenever any player, not just you, casts a blue spell.