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Magic · Portal Three Kingdoms · #3 · Uncommon
Empty City Ruse
Magic card price for Empty City Ruse: $34.49 market, though the cheapest copy on sale asks $39.90, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.
Sellers right now
Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.
Where to buy
EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.
One year
Price story
We have tracked Empty City Ruse since February 2024, when it sold for $22.35. Today the market price is $34.49, up 54.3%. Across the past year it went +11.0%, with a low of $30.04 and a high of $46.94; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $46.94, still 36.1% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $39.90, and the 30-day average market price is $32.22.
Printings
The card in play
- Type line
- Sorcery
Your opponent can't attack on his or her next turn.
Out of time and options, Kongming was forced to bluff at Xicheng. He tricked an army of 150,000 Wei by leaving the city gates open and calmly playing the zither.
