Magic: The Gathering · draft_innovation
Capital Punishment
Conspiracy: Take the Crown · #40 · rare · 2016
Sorcery
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Market reference
$5.88
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 40 / 222
- Release year
- 2016
- Rarity
- rare
- Illustrator
- Lake Hurwitz
- Colors
- B
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Printed
- 2016-08-26
About this card
Mana cost: {4}{B}{B}
Type: Sorcery
Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.
""I did offer them a choice . . ." —Queen Marchesa"
Keywords: Council's dilemma
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) | $5.88 |
| USD (foil) | $4.52 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €2.43 |
| EUR (foil) | €4.91 |
| MTGO tix | 2.42 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Capital Punishment is real?
Capital Punishment 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 Capital Punishment worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Capital Punishment is $5.88; 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 Capital Punishment from?
Capital Punishment is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Conspiracy: Take the Crown" in the draft_innovation series, released in 2016.
What rarity is Capital Punishment?
Capital Punishment is a rare card in the Conspiracy: Take the Crown set.
