Hindering Light #173 · Foil
ALA
Shards of Alara
EN
Foil
Details
Hindering Light
Foil
Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control.
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Centuries of careful practice have elevated the casting of protective spells to an art form. What little offensive magic remains on Bant stands little chance of breaching them.
Set Name
Shards of Alara
Set Code
ALA
Set Series
Shards of Alara
Card Number
173
Language
EN
Variant
Foil
Rarity
Common
Colour
U,W
Play Cost
{W}{U}
Card Type
Instant
Card abilities
Counterspell, Interaction, Draw, Card Advantage
Illustrator
Chris Rahn
Release Date
3 Oct 2008
TCGPlayer ID
27695
Cardmarket ID
19722
MTGO ID
31287
PriceCharting ID
2227165
Scryfall ID
98e43870-4bed-4d76-a633-a6326c736d22
Barcode
2076438259981
Larrikin Market Pricing
To understand its value, here's an international market summary. It seems to be selling around $1.20 – $3.15.
$1.20 – $3.15
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Market confidence
Low
Volume
Medium
Updated
14 Sep 2026
Shards of Alara
Magic: The Gathering · EN · ALA
| # | Name | Variants |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akrasan Squire | |
| 10 | Ethersworn Canonist | |
| 100 | Flameblast Dragon | |
| 101 | Goblin Assault | |
| 102 | Goblin Mountaineer | |
| 103 | Hell's Thunder | |
| 104 | Hissing Iguanar | |
| 105 | Incurable Ogre | |
| 106 | Jund Battlemage | |
| 107 | Lightning Talons | |
| 108 | Magma Spray | |
| 109 | Predator Dragon | |
| 11 | Excommunicate | |
| 110 | Resounding Thunder | |
| 111 | Ridge Rannet | |
| 112 | Rockslide Elemental | |
| 113 | Scourge Devil | |
| 114 | Skeletonize | |
| 115 | Soul's Fire | |
| 116 | Thorn-Thrash Viashino | |
| 117 | Thunder-Thrash Elder | |
| 118 | Viashino Skeleton | |
| 119 | Vicious Shadows | |
| 12 | Guardians of Akrasa | |
| 120 | Vithian Stinger | |
| 121 | Volcanic Submersion | |
| 122 | Where Ancients Tread | |
| 123 | Algae Gharial | |
| 124 | Behemoth's Herald | |
| 125 | Cavern Thoctar | |
| 126 | Court Archers | |
| 127 | Cylian Elf | |
| 128 | Druid of the Anima | |
| 129 | Drumhunter | |
| 13 | Gustrider Exuberant | |
| 130 | Elvish Visionary | |
| 131 | Feral Hydra | |
| 132 | Gift of the Gargantuan | |
| 133 | Godtoucher | |
| 134 | Jungle Weaver | |
| 135 | Keeper of Progenitus | |
| 136 | Lush Growth | |
| 137 | Mighty Emergence | |
| 138 | Manaplasm | |
| 139 | Mosstodon | |
| 14 | Invincible Hymn | |
| 140 | Mycoloth | |
| 141 | Naturalize | |
| 142 | Naya Battlemage | |
| 143 | Ooze Garden | |
| 144 | Resounding Roar | |
| 145 | Rhox Charger | |
| 146 | Sacellum Godspeaker | |
| 147 | Savage Hunger | |
| 148 | Skullmulcher | |
| 149 | Soul's Might | |
| 15 | Knight of the Skyward Eye | |
| 150 | Spearbreaker Behemoth | |
| 151 | Topan Ascetic | |
| 152 | Wild Nacatl | |
| 153 | Agony Warp | |
| 154 | Ajani Vengeant | |
| 155 | Bant Charm | |
| 156 | Blightning | |
| 157 | Blood Cultist | |
| 158 | Branching Bolt | |
| 159 | Brilliant Ultimatum | |
| 16 | Knight of the White Orchid | |
| 160 | Broodmate Dragon | |
| 161 | Bull Cerodon | |
| 162 | Carrion Thrash | |
| 163 | Clarion Ultimatum | |
| 164 | Cruel Ultimatum | |
| 165 | Deft Duelist | |
| 166 | Empyrial Archangel | |
| 167 | Esper Charm | |
| 168 | Fire-Field Ogre | |
| 169 | Goblin Deathraiders | |
| 17 | Knight-Captain of Eos | |
| 170 | Godsire | |
| 171 | Grixis Charm | |
| 172 | Hellkite Overlord | |
| 173 | Hindering Light | |
| 174 | Jhessian Infiltrator | |
| 175 | Jund Charm | |
| 176 | Kederekt Creeper | |
| 177 | Kiss of the Amesha | |
| 178 | Kresh the Bloodbraided | |
| 179 | Mayael the Anima | |
| 18 | Marble Chalice | |
| 180 | Naya Charm | |
| 181 | Necrogenesis | |
| 182 | Prince of Thralls | |
| 183 | Punish Ignorance | |
| 184 | Qasali Ambusher | |
| 185 | Rafiq of the Many | |
| 186 | Rakeclaw Gargantuan | |
| 187 | Realm Razer | |
| 188 | Rhox War Monk | |
| 189 | Rip-Clan Crasher | |
| 19 | Metallurgeon | |
| 190 | Sangrite Surge | |
| 191 | Sarkhan Vol | |
| 192 | Sedraxis Specter | |
| 193 | Sedris, the Traitor King | |
| 194 | Sharuum the Hegemon | |
| 195 | Sigil Blessing | |
| 196 | Sphinx Sovereign | |
| 197 | Sprouting Thrinax | |
| 198 | Steward of Valeron | |
| 199 | Stoic Angel | |
| 2 | Angel's Herald | |
| 20 | Oblivion Ring | |
| 200 | Swerve | |
| 201 | Thoughtcutter Agent | |
| 202 | Tidehollow Sculler | |
| 203 | Tidehollow Strix | |
| 204 | Titanic Ultimatum | |
| 205 | Tower Gargoyle | |
| 206 | Violent Ultimatum | |
| 207 | Waveskimmer Aven | |
| 208 | Windwright Mage | |
| 209 | Woolly Thoctar | |
| 21 | Ranger of Eos | |
| 210 | Lich's Mirror | |
| 211 | Minion Reflector | |
| 212 | Obelisk of Bant | |
| 213 | Obelisk of Esper | |
| 214 | Obelisk of Grixis | |
| 215 | Obelisk of Jund | |
| 216 | Obelisk of Naya | |
| 217 | Quietus Spike | |
| 218 | Relic of Progenitus | |
| 219 | Sigil of Distinction | |
| 22 | Resounding Silence | |
| 220 | Arcane Sanctum | |
| 221 | Bant Panorama | |
| 222 | Crumbling Necropolis | |
| 223 | Esper Panorama | |
| 224 | Grixis Panorama | |
| 225 | Jund Panorama | |
| 226 | Jungle Shrine | |
| 227 | Naya Panorama | |
| 228 | Savage Lands | |
| 229 | Seaside Citadel | |
| 23 | Rockcaster Platoon | |
| 230 | Plains | |
| 231 | Plains | |
| 232 | Plains | |
| 233 | Plains | |
| 234 | Island | |
| 235 | Island | |
| 236 | Island | |
| 237 | Island | |
| 238 | Swamp | |
| 239 | Swamp | |
| 24 | Sanctum Gargoyle | |
| 240 | Swamp | |
| 241 | Swamp | |
| 242 | Mountain | |
| 243 | Mountain | |
| 244 | Mountain | |
| 245 | Mountain | |
| 246 | Forest | |
| 247 | Forest | |
| 248 | Forest | |
| 249 | Forest | |
| 25 | Scourglass | |
| 250 | Rafiq of the Many | |
| 26 | Sighted-Caste Sorcerer | |
| 27 | Sigiled Paladin | |
| 28 | Soul's Grace | |
| 29 | Sunseed Nurturer | |
| 3 | Angelic Benediction | |
| 30 | Welkin Guide | |
| 31 | Yoked Plowbeast | |
| 32 | Call to Heel | |
| 33 | Cancel | |
| 34 | Cathartic Adept | |
| 35 | Cloudheath Drake | |
| 36 | Coma Veil | |
| 37 | Courier's Capsule | |
| 38 | Covenant of Minds | |
| 39 | Dawnray Archer | |
| 4 | Angelsong | |
| 40 | Esper Battlemage | |
| 41 | Etherium Astrolabe | |
| 42 | Etherium Sculptor | |
| 43 | Fatestitcher | |
| 44 | Filigree Sages | |
| 45 | Gather Specimens | |
| 46 | Jhessian Lookout | |
| 47 | Kathari Screecher | |
| 48 | Kederekt Leviathan | |
| 49 | Master of Etherium | |
| 5 | Bant Battlemage | |
| 50 | Memory Erosion | |
| 51 | Mindlock Orb | |
| 52 | Outrider of Jhess | |
| 53 | Protomatter Powder | |
| 54 | Resounding Wave | |
| 55 | Sharding Sphinx | |
| 56 | Skill Borrower | |
| 57 | Spell Snip | |
| 58 | Sphinx's Herald | |
| 59 | Steelclad Serpent | |
| 6 | Battlegrace Angel | |
| 60 | Tezzeret the Seeker | |
| 61 | Tortoise Formation | |
| 62 | Vectis Silencers | |
| 63 | Ad Nauseam | |
| 64 | Archdemon of Unx | |
| 65 | Banewasp Affliction | |
| 66 | Blister Beetle | |
| 67 | Bone Splinters | |
| 68 | Corpse Connoisseur | |
| 69 | Cunning Lethemancer | |
| 7 | Cradle of Vitality | |
| 70 | Death Baron | |
| 71 | Deathgreeter | |
| 72 | Demon's Herald | |
| 73 | Dreg Reaver | |
| 74 | Dregscape Zombie | |
| 75 | Executioner's Capsule | |
| 76 | Fleshbag Marauder | |
| 77 | Glaze Fiend | |
| 78 | Grixis Battlemage | |
| 79 | Immortal Coil | |
| 8 | Dispeller's Capsule | |
| 80 | Infest | |
| 81 | Onyx Goblet | |
| 82 | Puppet Conjurer | |
| 83 | Resounding Scream | |
| 84 | Salvage Titan | |
| 85 | Scavenger Drake | |
| 86 | Shadowfeed | |
| 87 | Shore Snapper | |
| 88 | Skeletal Kathari | |
| 89 | Tar Fiend | |
| 9 | Elspeth, Knight-Errant | |
| 90 | Undead Leotau | |
| 91 | Vein Drinker | |
| 92 | Viscera Dragger | |
| 93 | Bloodpyre Elemental | |
| 94 | Bloodthorn Taunter | |
| 95 | Caldera Hellion | |
| 96 | Crucible of Fire | |
| 97 | Dragon Fodder | |
| 98 | Dragon's Herald | |
| 99 | Exuberant Firestoker |
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Price
Price unavailable
Larrikin Market Pricing
Selling around $1.20 – $3.15.
$1.20 – $3.15
Sources:
Market confidence
Low
Volume
Medium
Updated
14 Sep 2026
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