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Artist Series: Mark Poole

Artist Series: Mark Poole is a .Secret LairSpecial Magic cards sold by Wizards of the Coast on their own online store for a short time. Most are cards that already exist, given new art by a well-known artist or another franchise. A Secret Lair copy of a card plays exactly like any other copy of it.Open the full glossaryDropOne Secret Lair product: a few cards sold together, usually 4 to 6, often with a foil and a non-foil version. Wizards calls each one a drop.Open the full glossary

Released 6 cards

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Every card in this drop

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  • Balance

    Balance

    Sorcery

    • Card Kingdom $2.99
    • Cardmarket €2.80 foil €3.32
    • Mana Pool $2.59 foil $3.38
    • TCGplayer $3.84 foil $4.78
  • Brainstorm

    Brainstorm

    Instant

    • Card Kingdom $2.79 foil $3.49
    • Cardmarket €4.04 foil €3.34
    • Mana Pool $2.36 foil $2.35
    • TCGplayer $2.41 foil $3.28
  • Counterspell

    Counterspell

    Instant

    • Card Kingdom $6.49 foil $5.99
    • Cardmarket €4.25 foil €5.58
    • Mana Pool $3.64 foil $3.85
    • TCGplayer $5.02 foil $4.82
  • Birds of Paradise

    Birds of Paradise

    Creature — Bird

    • Card Kingdom $14.99 foil $18.99
    • Cardmarket €12.65 foil €12.90
    • Mana Pool $11.67 foil $14.52
    • TCGplayer $13.18 foil $14.37
  • Howling Mine

    Howling Mine

    Artifact

    • Card Kingdom $6.99 foil $6.99
    • Cardmarket €3.34 foil €3.83
    • Mana Pool $5.21 foil $6.00
    • TCGplayer $6.33 foil $5.81
  • Wasteland

    Wasteland

    Land

    • Card Kingdom $39.99 foil $34.99
    • Cardmarket €24.76 foil €26.76
    • Mana Pool $26.02 foil $27.52
    • TCGplayer $27.67 foil $27.55

The Store Price Against Buying the Cards One at a Time

The single-card total is each card's price at TCGplayer on , in US dollars. A total only shows when every card in the drop has a price.

DropVersionStore PriceCards One at a TimeCheaper
Artist Series: Mark Poole Foil Price when it launched: $39.99, from a saved copy of the Secret Lair store page (Wayback Machine). $60.61 The store, by $20.62
Artist Series: Mark Poole Non-foil Price when it launched: $29.99, from a saved copy of the Secret Lair store page (Wayback Machine). $58.45 The store, by $28.46

Rulings for the Cards on This Page

explain how a card works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

8 rulings for 3 cards

Balance

Wizards of the Coast 8 Jun 2016

First the player whose turn it is chooses which lands (if any) to keep, then each other player in turn order does the same. Each player will know the choices made by the players who chose before them. All of the unchosen lands are then sacrificed simultaneously. Then the process is repeated for cards in hand, except that no cards are revealed until all players have chosen what to discard, at which point those cards are all discarded simultaneously. Lastly, the process is repeated for creatures, and players will again know earlier choices made when deciding what to sacrifice. All of the unchosen creatures are then sacrificed simultaneously.

Wizards of the Coast 8 Jun 2016

Each type of object is counted during the corresponding part of the process. Cards in hand are counted after lands have been sacrificed, and creatures on the battlefield are counted after cards have been discarded. Thus, a land creature sacrificed to the first part of the spell would not be counted when determining how many creatures are on the battlefield for the last part.

Wizards of the Coast 8 Jun 2016

Balance doesn't have targets, so permanents that can't be targeted, such as a creature with shroud or protection from white, are valid choices to be sacrificed.

Brainstorm

Wizards of the Coast 16 Mar 2018

You draw three cards and put two cards back all while Brainstorm is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.

Howling Mine

Wizards of the Coast 15 Apr 2013

The triggered ability is put onto the stack after you have already drawn your card for the turn.

Wizards of the Coast 4 Oct 2004

The additional draw is separate from any other draw during your draw step. It happens when the triggered ability resolves.

Wizards of the Coast 4 Oct 2004

It does not trigger at all if this is tapped at the start of the draw step, and it checks this again on resolution.

Wizards of the Coast 4 Oct 2004

If Howling Mine leaves the battlefield before it resolves, then the last known tap or untap state of the card is used for resolution.

Also Printed in Other Drops

Some of these cards came in other Secret Lair drops too, each with its own art.

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