Magic: The Gathering · expansion
Sure Strike
Battle for Zendikar · #157 · common · 2015
Instant
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Market reference
$0.06
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 157 / 299
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- common
- Illustrator
- Jakub Kasper
- Colors
- R
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- black
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Printed
- 2015-10-02
About this card
Mana cost: {1}{R}
Type: Instant
Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
"To survive imminent doom, it sometimes takes a foolhardy soul who acts first and fears later."
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $0.06 |
| USD (foil) | $0.30 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €0.04 |
| EUR (foil) | €0.21 |
| MTGO tix | 0.04 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Sure Strike is real?
Sure Strike is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Sure Strike worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Sure Strike is $0.06; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Sure Strike from?
Sure Strike is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Battle for Zendikar" in the expansion series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Sure Strike?
Sure Strike is a common card in the Battle for Zendikar set.
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