Magic: The Gathering · expansion
Trip Up
Aetherdrift · #71 · common · 2025
Instant
Listings
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Market reference
$0.10
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 71 / 553
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- common
- Illustrator
- Josiah "Jo" Cameron
- Colors
- U
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- black
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Printed
- 2025-02-14
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Draw
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
Also does
Strategy & play
How Trip Up plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is card draw. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
How to beat Trip Up
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Illustrated by Josiah "Jo" Cameron
About this card
Mana cost: {3}{U}
Type: Instant
Target nonland permanent's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
""That net was made to hold skywhales. Good luck getting to the next checkpoint!""
Keywords: Cycling
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) | $0.10 |
| USD (foil) | $0.12 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €0.05 |
| EUR (foil) | €0.09 |
| MTGO tix | 0.03 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Trip Up is real?
Trip Up 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 Trip Up worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Trip Up is $0.10; 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 Trip Up from?
Trip Up is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Aetherdrift" in the expansion series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Trip Up?
Trip Up is a common card in the Aetherdrift set.
