Gustha's Scepter

Gustha's Scepter card image

Gustha's Scepter: Artifact, Alliances. Tap: Exile a card from your hand face down. You may look at it for as long as it remains exiled. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{0}
Mana value
0
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Alliances (ALL)
Released
1996-06-10
Collector number
120
Artist
Sandra Everingham
Commander rank
12,776 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Reserved List
Yes

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About Gustha's Scepter

Gustha's Scepter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Alliances (ALL), an expansion set released in June 1996. It is collector number 120 in that set, with art by Sandra Everingham. It costs {0} to cast, for a mana value of 0. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Alliances (1996) to Masters Edition II (2008). It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.00 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

{T}: Exile a card from your hand face down. You may look at it for as long as it remains exiled.

{T}: Return a card you own exiled with this artifact to your hand.

When you lose control of this artifact, put all cards exiled with this artifact into their owner's graveyard.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.00 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Gustha's Scepter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Gustha's Scepter

Gustha's Scepter has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Masters Edition II (ME2) #209Rare2008

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Gustha's Scepter.

  • The last ability will trigger when a different player gains control of Gustha’s Scepter, as well as when Gustha’s Scepter leaves the battlefield.

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