Musician
ICEIce Age/#85/1995Rare◆ Graded data
Reserved listColour IDMV 3
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$1.79
Cardmarket€1.25
ManaPool$0.52
TCGplayer$1.15
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.36
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $1.79High $1.79Low $0.69▲ 126.6%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$1.15TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▲ 0.0%30d▲ 1.8%90d▲ 0.0%
90d high
$1.17
90d low
$1.13
Paper printings priced
1
Currently 1st
Cheapest paper printing
$1.15
Ice Age
- Up 1.8% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
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Graded market
Graded card prices
Graded prices are market estimates for professionally graded copies of this exact printing where sufficient market data is available.
Additional graded market
AnyGrade 9.5
$15.00
AnyGrade 9
$13.49
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Gameplay and rules
Creature — Human Wizard
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
: Put a music counter on target creature. If it doesn't have "At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay for each music counter on it," it gains that ability.
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Cumulative upkeep
Card capabilities
Creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
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Rulings (4)
wotc1 Oct 2008
Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it’s not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can’t be made. For example, if a permanent with “cumulative upkeep {1}” has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice the permanent.
wotc1 Oct 2008
This ability has no duration. An affected creature will retain the triggered ability until the game ends, it leaves the battlefield, or some other effect causes it to lose its abilities. It doesn’t matter if Musician is still on the battlefield or not.
wotc1 Oct 2008
Although a creature can gain the triggered ability only once, it can be targeted by multiple Musicians to increase its number of music counters.
wotc1 Oct 2008
If a music counter is put on a creature by some other means (Fate Transfer, for example), but that creature has never been affected by Musician’s ability, that creature won’t have the triggered ability and its controller won’t have to pay mana. The music counters will stay on that creature but won’t do anything.
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About this card
Musician
Musician is a Creature — Human Wizard, with mana cost {2}{U} (mana value 3).
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: not_legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: not_legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $1.15 (up 1.8% over 30 days).
This exact printing has graded market data available further up the page. Graded prices reflect professionally slabbed copies; missing (grader, grade) combinations do not appear.
Frequently asked
Musician FAQ
How much is Musician worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Musician is $1.15. It is up 1.8% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $1.13 to $1.17.
What is the cheapest printing of Musician?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Ice Age at $1.15 on TCGplayer.
What set was Musician first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from ICE #85, released 1995-06-03.
Is Musician legal in Commander?
Yes, Musician is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Musician legal in Modern?
Musician is not currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Musician legal in Standard?
Musician is not currently legal in Standard per Scryfall's legality feed.
What does Musician do?
Musician is a Creature — Human Wizard with mana cost {2}{U}. Its Oracle text reads: "Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) {T}: Put a music counter on target creature. If it doesn't have "At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay {1} for each music counter on it," it gains that ability.".