Price of Fame
Price of Fame: Instant, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. This spell costs 2 less to cast if it targets a legendary creature. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 135
- Artist
- Winona Nelson
- Commander rank
- 4,363 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Surveil
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About Price of Fame
Price of Fame is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black instant from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 135 in that set, with art by Winona Nelson. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Guilds of Ravnica (2018) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a legendary creature.
Destroy target creature.
Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Price of Fame by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Price of Fame
Price of Fame has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #ZNC-52 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #52 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #83 | Uncommon | 2018 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Price of Fame, newest first.
- You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.
- When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.
- Some spells that instruct you to surveil require targets. You can't cast a spell without choosing legal targets. If all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't surveil.
- Price of Fame can target a creature that's indestructible. It won't be destroyed, but you'll surveil.
- You'll surveil before resolving any abilities that trigger on the target creature dying.
- Price of Fame's mana value is 4, even if it costs {2} less to cast.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Price of Fame is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.