Magic: The Gathering

Touch of Death

Ice Age 167 • common

Set: Ice Age
Collector number: 167
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 2 generic mana black mana
Type: Sorcery
Colors: Black
Artist: Melissa A. Benson
Market price: $0.17

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104,743cards tracked

1copy owned

1other printing of this card

2026first added to a collection

Market

What it's worth

$0.17market price via TCGplayer · Aug 21, 2026$0.14 – $0.19 over the tracked period

Estimate for a typical copy of Touch of Death; condition, printing, and grading move the real number.

Lore

Why it matters

Touch of Death is a common card from the Ice Age set. Its inclusion in this series marks it as a piece of an expansive early expansion, valued by collectors for its role in building the foundation of the game's evolving mechanical history.

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Card face

What it does

Touch of Death deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. You gain 1 life.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"What was yours is mine. Your land, your people, and now your life."— Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Other printings

Every version of this card

The same card, printed again — different sets, treatments, and prices.

Touch of DeathFifth Edition · #200 · common · 1997$0.09

Collectors

Who's collecting this

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David Fefferman
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About

About Touch of Death

Touch of Death is a card in the Magic: The Gathering catalog on collecto.rs. Ice Age 167 • common. Catalog data is sourced from Scryfall. Collectors on collecto.rs track this card publicly, with photos, condition and acquisition notes.

How many collectors track Touch of Death on collecto.rs?

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Where does the Touch of Death catalog entry come from?

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