The Antiquities War
DOMDominaria/#42/2018Rare
Colour IDMV 4
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.49
Cardmarket€0.26
ManaPool$0.15
TCGplayer$0.22
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.03
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.02 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $0.49High $0.49Low $0.49▲ 0.0%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$0.22TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▲ 0.0%30d▼ 18.5%90d▼ 26.7%
90d high
$0.31
90d low
$0.22
Paper printings priced
4
Currently 1st
Cheapest paper printing
$0.22
Dominaria
- Down 18.5% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Currently 29% below its 90 day high of $0.31.
- This is the cheapest paper printing of the card currently priced (4 priced in total).
- Foil copies of this printing carry a 245% premium over nonfoil.
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Gameplay and rules
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
III — Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.
Card capabilities
Enchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Rulings (12)
wotc27 Apr 2018
If The Antiquities War somehow becomes an artifact enchantment prior to resolving its final chapter ability, it will become a 5/5 Saga artifact enchantment creature, and will then be sacrificed after that ability resolves.
wotc27 Apr 2018
Once the number of lore counters on a Saga is greater than or equal to the greatest number among its chapter abilities—in the Dominaria set, this is always three—the Saga’s controller sacrifices it as soon as its chapter ability has left the stack, most likely by resolving or being countered. This state-based action doesn’t use the stack.
wotc27 Apr 2018
If counters are removed from a Saga, the appropriate chapter abilities will trigger again when the Saga receives lore counters. Removing lore counters won’t cause a previous chapter ability to trigger.
wotc27 Apr 2018
As a Saga enters the battlefield, its controller puts a lore counter on it. As your precombat main phase begins (immediately after your draw step), you put another lore counter on each Saga you control. Putting a lore counter on a Saga in either of these ways doesn’t use the stack.
wotc27 Apr 2018
The final chapter ability of The Antiquities War overwrites an artifact creature’s normal base power and toughness and all previous effects that set an artifact creature’s base power and toughness to specific values. Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply after the ability resolves will overwrite this effect.
wotc27 Apr 2018
A chapter ability doesn’t trigger if a lore counter is put on a Saga that already had a number of lore counters greater than or equal to that chapter’s number. For example, the third lore counter put on a Saga causes the III chapter ability to trigger, but I and II won’t trigger again.
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About this card
The Antiquities War
The Antiquities War is an Enchantment — Saga, with mana cost {3}{U} (mana value 4). Printed 4 times across MTG sets.
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $0.22 (down 18.5% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
The Antiquities War FAQ
How much is The Antiquities War worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for The Antiquities War is $0.22. It is down 18.5% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.22 to $0.31.
What is the cheapest printing of The Antiquities War?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Dominaria at $0.22 on TCGplayer.
What is the most expensive printing of The Antiquities War?
The most expensive currently priced paper printing is from Dominaria Promos at $0.95 on TCGplayer.
How many printings of The Antiquities War are there?
The Antiquities War has been printed 4 times in English paper sets that MTGPrices tracks.
What set was The Antiquities War first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from DOM #42, released 2018-04-27.
What is the newest printing of The Antiquities War?
The most recent English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from PLST #DOM-42, released 2022-11-18.
Is there a foil version of The Antiquities War?
Yes. On this printing, foil copies trade at $0.76 versus $0.22 for nonfoil, which is 245% more expensive on TCGplayer.
Is The Antiquities War legal in Commander?
Yes, The Antiquities War is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.












