Riot Control
dgmDragon's Maze#6common
Legal in 11 of 23 formats
Treatments
Foil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$0.28
Foil$3.02
Foil premium
10.79×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$0.28
Foil
$3.02
Track in your collection
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Card text & rulings
Oracle text
Instant
You gain 1 life for each creature your opponents control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn.
Ability breakdown
Abilities
SpellYou gain 1 life for each creature your opponents control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn.
Rulings
- WotCApr 15, 2013
Count the number of creatures your opponents control as Riot Control resolves to determine how much life you gain.
- WotCApr 15, 2013
Riot Control doesn't prevent combat damage that would be dealt to planeswalkers you control. It also doesn't prevent damage that would be dealt to creatures you control.
Market & price history
Market
DGM #6
2026-07-06Riot Control
$0.28TCGplayer market▼ -26.3% 7dSpiking now
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.15Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.03· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.12 (+80.0%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$1.55Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$2.40· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$-0.85 (-54.8%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 5h agoRealized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$0.28▲ 0.0%
Foil$3.02▲ +4.1%
Price signals
This printingSpiking now
7d
falling
High conf
14d
stable
30d
stable
Liquidity (implied)Liquid
Trend is a smoothed signal, not the raw change. The chart above shows the realized change; this is a mover-discovery read per window, not a forecast.
Across all copies
This card, all printings.
This printing is the cheapest copy: $0.28 · + shipping
Demand signals
Plays as
Protection Spell
Combos
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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
“"Ravnicans need order. If they don't have it, we shall bring it to them." —Isperia”
Illustrated by
Slawomir Maniak
Reference & exit links
Card details
- Artist
- Slawomir Maniak
- Frame
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
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