Battle of Wits
Enchantment
Printings & Editions
Premodern-legal editions of Battle of Wits — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.
Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.
Critical Rulings
"Battle of Wits has an “intervening ‘if’ clause.” This means that if you don’t have 200 or more cards in your library at the beginning of your upkeep, the ability won’t trigger. If the ability does trigger, but you have fewer than 200 cards in your library when the ability resolves, the ability will do nothing."
— 2012-07-01
"In tournaments, you must be able to shuffle your entire deck within a reasonable amount of time."
— 2012-07-01
Price History
93d · USDTracks this card’s preferred printing: the old-border edition shown by default (block-expansion printings first, e.g. Urza’s, Tempest, Mirage). It doesn’t re-price when you select a different edition above. Per-edition history is planned.
Decks playing Battle of Wits (13)
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- Battle Of WitsPere Lloret#1Liga Alicante 2025 6ª Jornada @ Alicante (Spain)2025-03-29×4
- Battle Of WitsNolan Blackwelder#3Darkside April Monthly @ Darkside Games (Las Vegas, NV)2026-04-12×4
- Battle Of WitsMichael Schleker#5Event @ Köln (Germany)2026-03-12×4
- Battle Of WitsPere Lloret#5Liga Alicante 2025 5ª Jornada @ Alicante (Spain)2025-03-15×4
- Battle Of WitsFloing#6PreModern Cologne (First June Event) (Premodern)2026-06-11×4
- Battle Of WitsClockwork Dean#16Premodern Challenge 32 - Contraption (2026-01-01)2026-01-04×4
- Battle Of WitsClockwork Dean#162026-01-04×4
- Battle Of WitsTony Tapley#292026-06-05×4
- Battle Of WitsDB_fireshoes#31Premodern Challenge 32 - Contraption (2026-02-14)2026-02-14×4
- Battle Of WitsDB_fireshoes#312026-02-14×4
