Once Upon a Time
eldThrone of Eldraine#169rare
Treatments
Foil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$1.37
Foil$2.69
Foil premium
1.96×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$1.37
Foil
$2.69
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Card text & rulings
Oracle text
Instant
If this spell is the first spell you've cast this game, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Ability breakdown
Abilities
SpellIf this spell is the first spell you've cast this game, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
SpellLook at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Rulings
- WotCOct 4, 2019
The earliest opportunity you have to cast Once Upon a Time is during the first player's upkeep, before that player can play a land.
Market & price history
Market
ELD #169
2026-07-06Once Upon a Time
$1.37TCGplayer market▼ -8.1% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.57Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.10· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.47 (+82.5%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$1.50Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$1.58· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$-0.08 (-5.3%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 5h agoRealized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$1.37▼ -22.2%
Foil$2.69▲ +1.1%
Price signals
This printing
7d
falling
High conf
14d
falling
High conf
30d
falling
High conf
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.
Cheaper copy available: $0.66
All copies in
falling14d
0 rising6 stable3 falling9 printings
25% confidence
cheap-tier only, low signal
Explore Commander metagameDemand signals
Plays as
Library Manipulation
Combos
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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricBanned
LegacyLegal
ModernBanned
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerBanned
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Matt Stewart
Reference & exit links
Card details
- Artist
- Matt Stewart
- Frame
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
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