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Artifact Creature — Gnome
Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.
1/3
"I am reminded of the fable of the silver egg. Its owner cracks it open to see what jewels it holds, only to discover a simple yellow yolk." —Karn, silver golem
Details
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- First printed
- Tempest
- Released
- 1997-10-14
- Artist
- Ben Thompson, Kaja Foglio
- Printings
- 13
Prices
- Cheapest legal
- $0.11
- Cheapest foil
- $0.32
TCGplayer market via Scryfall, 2026-10-18; cheapest tournament-legal paper printing.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Bottle Gnomes (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 1.1%
- +0.0 ppup 3.7% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 1.2%
- +0.3 ppup 40.7% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 47
- 11% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 1.0
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Mono Black Aggro8% of lists · 12
- Sligh / Burn2% of lists · 9
- Unclassified2% of lists · 8
- Survival6% of lists · 7
- Mono Black Control7% of lists · 4
- The Rock3% of lists · 3
Often played with
Cards most played alongside Bottle Gnomes in its top archetypes over the last 90 days: Mono Black Aggro (8%), Sligh / Burn (2%).
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Printings (13)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap the thumbnail to preview a printing; tap the set name to see all cards in that set.
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Tempest #278Tempest | #278 | $0.59 |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Friday Night Magic 2003 #1Friday Night Magic 2003 | #1 | — |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Mirrodin #148Mirrodin | #148 | $0.15 |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Ninth Edition #290Ninth Edition | #290 | $0.31 |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Ninth Edition #290★Ninth Edition | #290★ | — |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Tenth Edition #312Tenth Edition | #312 | $0.12 |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra #7Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra | #7 | $0.40 |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Salvat 2011 #185Salvat 2011 | #185 | — |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Commander 2014 #231Commander 2014 | #231 | $0.27 |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra #7Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra | #7 | — |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — Commander Anthology Volume II #177Commander Anthology Volume II | #177 | $0.11 |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — The List #CM2-177The List | #CM2-177 | $0.27 |
 Preview Bottle Gnomes — The List #TMP-278The List | #TMP-278 | $0.32 |
Price trend
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