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Esper Charm

{W}{U}{B}

Instant

ALAShards of Alara#167uncommon
Foil

"Thoughts are commodities. Someone will pay a good price for them. Even ones as simplistic as yours . . ." —Ennor, mentalist

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1067
Illustrator
Michael Bruinsma
Found in
Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings3
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
Choose one — • Destroy target enchantment. • Draw two cards. • Target player discards two cards.

Plays as: Card Draw · Opponent Discard · Modal Spell · Enchantment Removal · Spot Removal

Market · per finishspark updated 18h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-2.3%
$0.42
$0.10 low$0.02 gap
Foil-3.8%
$3.04
$1.88 low$1.13 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.38· across 3 printings

Rulings

3 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    If this spell is copied, the copy will have the same mode as the original.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    While the spell is on the stack, treat it as though its only text is the chosen mode. The other two modes are treated as though they don’t exist. You don’t choose targets for those modes.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    You can choose a mode only if you can choose legal targets for that mode. If you can’t choose legal targets for any of the modes, you can’t cast the spell.