Defibrillating Current
Sorcery
TDMTarkir: Dragonstorm#177uncommon
Foil
A small shock to save a life, a large one to take it away. —Mardu healer's adage
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 313
- Illustrator
- Isis
- Found in
- Tarkir Dragonstorm MTGO Redemption · Tarkir Dragonstorm Prerelease Booster Mardu · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyLegal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Defibrillating Current deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain 2 life.
Plays as: Burn · Planeswalker Removal
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.09
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.14
$0.01 low-$0.07 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
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Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.09as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.27L $0.02since Mar 2025$0.01
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$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.14as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.64L $0.03since Apr 2025$0.01
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Cheapest playable copy$0.09· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest Apr 4, 2025 · one tap opens all
- WotCApr 4, 2025
If the target permanent is an illegal target as Defibrillating Current tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t gain life.