Contested Game Ball
Artifact
LCIThe Lost Caverns of Ixalan#251uncommon
Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1104
- Illustrator
- Camille Alquier
- Found in
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan MTGO Redemption · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Whenever you're dealt combat damage, the attacking player gains control of this artifact and untaps it.
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: Draw a card and put a point counter on this artifact. Then if it has five or more point counters on it, sacrifice it and create a Treasure token.
, : Draw a card and put a point counter on this artifact. Then if it has five or more point counters on it, sacrifice it and create a Treasure token.Plays as: Card Draw · Mana Sink · Treasure Generator · Treasure Maker
Market · per finishspark updated 34m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.18
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+9.5%
$0.23
$0.02 low-$0.06 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
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Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.18as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.19L $0.01since Feb 2024$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.23as of 2026-07-12
+9.5%
H $0.23L $0.02since Feb 2024$0.02
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Cheapest playable copy$0.18· across 1 printing
Rulings
3 · latest Nov 10, 2023 · one tap opens all
- WotCNov 10, 2023
Contested Game Ball's triggered ability triggers only once whenever you're dealt combat damage, no matter how many creatures deal combat damage to you at the same time.
- WotCNov 10, 2023
If point counters are put on Contested Game Ball some way other than its last ability, you won't sacrifice it or create a Treasure token. The check for five or more point counters happens only as the activated ability resolves.
- WotCNov 10, 2023
In a Two-Headed Giant game, each player on the attacking team is an attacking player. When Contested Game Ball's first ability resolves, you'll choose which member of the attacking team gains control of it.