Theros
Theros (ths) is a mainline Magic: The Gathering set (Theros) from 2013-09-27 with 249 catalogued printings. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx near $134.34 anchors current chase interest. Median reference $0.41 across priced printings. Cactaur aggregates rarity splits, chase links, and a completion value snapshot so collectors and future sellers share one factual set index keyed to magic:en:ths.
What is Theros?
Collectors tracking Theros often start with Theros, dated 2013-09-27 in our catalog. Notable market references include Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Swan Song, Purphoros, God of the Forge. Priced printings center around a $0.41 median snapshot. Catalog key magic:en:ths powers this hub: rarity counts, chase links, and a full card table so you can plan singles purchases or future marketplace bids with the same data Cactaur uses on card pages.
What is Theros?
Theros is catalogued as a mainline Magic: The Gathering set under slug ths. Cactaur lists 249 printings compared with an official count of 249, pulling rarity, artwork, and market references from our ingest pipeline. Set pages complement card detail pages by showing how chase cards rank within the entire pool and how rarities stack for completionists.
When was Theros released?
Released 2013-09-27, Theros belongs to the Theros era. Collectors use release timing to judge supply: early Theros sets often dry up once rotation or reprint news hits. Official count 249; indexed 249. Theros is indexed under slug ths in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
What are the chase cards in Theros?
Top of the Theros market snapshot: Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Swan Song, Purphoros, God of the Forge, Medomai the Ageless. These names anchor most sealed-to-singles arbitrage math; verify holo/reverse variants on each card page before you buy. Theros is indexed under slug ths in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
How much is Theros worth?
Adding priced singles yields a $582.68 rough index across 249 printings (low $0.10, median $0.41, high $134.34). That sum is not a sealed-box price—it is a catalog thought experiment for set completion at near-mint references. Theros is indexed under slug ths in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
How do you complete Theros?
Complete Theros by acquiring bulk commons/uncommons first, then rare holos, then top chase cards. Rarity mix: 53× Rare, 15× Mythic, 121× Common, 60× Uncommon. Reserved anchors on this page (#set-buy, #set-watch) will later tie into marketplace carts and collection tracking.
Chase cards
Rarity breakdown
| Common | 121 |
|---|---|
| Uncommon | 60 |
| Rare | 53 |
| Mythic | 15 |
All cards in Theros
| Card | # | Rarity | Market USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | 223 | Rare | $134.34 |
| Swan Song | 65 | Rare | $43.89 |
| Purphoros, God of the Forge | 135 | Mythic | $34.57 |
| Medomai the Ageless | 196 | Mythic | $24.01 |
| Erebos, God of the Dead | 85 | Mythic | $23.12 |
| Xenagos, the Reveler | 209 | Mythic | $21.73 |
| Thoughtseize | 107 | Rare | $18.35 |
| Elspeth, Sun's Champion | 9 | Mythic | $18.05 |
| Nylea, God of the Hunt | 166 | Mythic | $17.54 |
| Gift of Immortality | 14 | Rare | $13.53 |
| Whip of Erebos | 110 | Rare | $13.38 |
| Prophet of Kruphix | 199 | Rare | $12.20 |
| Heliod, God of the Sun | 17 | Mythic | $10.87 |
| Thassa, God of the Sea | 66 | Mythic | $10.45 |
| Bow of Nylea | 153 | Rare | $9.59 |
| Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver | 188 | Mythic | $9.01 |
| Gray Merchant of Asphodel | 89 | Common | $7.05 |
| Stormbreath Dragon | 143 | Mythic | $6.07 |
| Spear of Heliod | 33 | Rare | $5.13 |
| Sylvan Caryatid | 180 | Rare | $5.02 |
| Chained to the Rocks | 4 | Rare | $4.74 |
| Master of Waves | 53 | Mythic | $3.90 |
| Mistcutter Hydra | 162 | Rare | $3.52 |
| Hammer of Purphoros | 124 | Rare | $3.32 |
| Prowler's Helm | 219 | Uncommon | $3.32 |
| Colossus of Akros | 214 | Rare | $3.13 |
| Fanatic of Mogis | 121 | Uncommon | $2.85 |
| Aqueous Form | 39 | Common | $2.71 |
| Bident of Thassa | 42 | Rare | $2.69 |
| Curse of the Swine | 46 | Rare | $2.59 |
| Ashen Rider | 187 | Mythic | $2.44 |
| Pyxis of Pandemonium | 220 | Rare | $2.24 |
| Hythonia the Cruel | 91 | Mythic | $2.05 |
| Forest | 248 | Common | $1.92 |
| Fleecemane Lion | 193 | Rare | $1.90 |
| Voyaging Satyr | 182 | Common | $1.89 |
| Polukranos, World Eater | 172 | Mythic | $1.84 |
| Temple of Silence | 227 | Rare | $1.77 |
| Evangel of Heliod | 11 | Uncommon | $1.63 |
| Nighthowler | 98 | Rare | $1.60 |
| Temple of Mystery | 226 | Rare | $1.45 |
| Akroan Horse | 210 | Rare | $1.42 |
| Temple of Triumph | 228 | Rare | $1.42 |
| Read the Bones | 101 | Common | $1.35 |
| Temple of Deceit | 225 | Rare | $1.34 |
| Ordeal of Nylea | 170 | Uncommon | $1.28 |
| Plains | 233 | Common | $1.22 |
| Temple of Abandon | 224 | Rare | $1.18 |
| Nylea's Presence | 169 | Common | $1.11 |
| Destructive Revelry | 192 | Uncommon | $1.09 |
| Island | 236 | Common | $1.04 |
| Agent of the Fates | 76 | Rare | $1.01 |
| Dissolve | 47 | Uncommon | $0.99 |
| Lightning Strike | 127 | Common | $0.95 |
| Fleetfeather Sandals | 216 | Common | $0.90 |
| Underworld Cerberus | 208 | Mythic | $0.87 |
| Annul | 38 | Common | $0.86 |
| Forest | 246 | Common | $0.86 |
| Magma Jet | 128 | Uncommon | $0.84 |
| Island | 237 | Common | $0.83 |
| Akroan Crusader | 111 | Common | $0.82 |
| Daxos of Meletis | 191 | Rare | $0.81 |
| Burnished Hart | 213 | Uncommon | $0.80 |
| Island | 234 | Common | $0.79 |
| Triad of Fates | 206 | Rare | $0.79 |
| Abhorrent Overlord | 75 | Rare | $0.77 |
| Anax and Cymede | 186 | Rare | $0.77 |
| Boon Satyr | 152 | Rare | $0.73 |
| Mogis's Marauder | 97 | Uncommon | $0.73 |
| Swamp | 238 | Common | $0.72 |
| Forest | 249 | Common | $0.70 |
| Artisan of Forms | 40 | Rare | $0.68 |
| Mountain | 245 | Common | $0.67 |
| Karametra's Acolyte | 160 | Uncommon | $0.65 |
| Mnemonic Wall | 55 | Common | $0.65 |
| Island | 235 | Common | $0.64 |
| Swamp | 240 | Common | $0.64 |
| Fabled Hero | 12 | Rare | $0.63 |
| Swamp | 241 | Common | $0.62 |
| Hero's Downfall | 90 | Rare | $0.61 |
| Ordeal of Thassa | 58 | Uncommon | $0.61 |
| Tymaret, the Murder King | 207 | Rare | $0.60 |
| Warriors' Lesson | 184 | Uncommon | $0.60 |
| Fate Foretold | 48 | Common | $0.59 |
| Titan's Strength | 145 | Common | $0.59 |
| Favored Hoplite | 13 | Uncommon | $0.58 |
| Plains | 230 | Common | $0.57 |
| Plains | 232 | Common | $0.57 |
| Swamp | 239 | Common | $0.57 |
| Hundred-Handed One | 20 | Rare | $0.56 |
| Reaper of the Wilds | 201 | Rare | $0.56 |
| Anger of the Gods | 112 | Rare | $0.54 |
| Dark Betrayal | 83 | Uncommon | $0.54 |
| Hopeful Eidolon | 19 | Common | $0.54 |
| Breaching Hippocamp | 43 | Common | $0.52 |
| Firedrinker Satyr | 122 | Rare | $0.52 |
| Mountain | 244 | Common | $0.52 |
| Ordeal of Heliod | 25 | Uncommon | $0.52 |
| Chosen by Heliod | 5 | Common | $0.51 |
| Nylea's Disciple | 167 | Common | $0.51 |
| Soldier of the Pantheon | 32 | Rare | $0.51 |
| Triton Fortune Hunter | 69 | Uncommon | $0.51 |
| Arbor Colossus | 150 | Rare | $0.50 |
| Cavern Lampad | 81 | Common | $0.49 |
| Decorated Griffin | 7 | Uncommon | $0.49 |
| Horizon Scholar | 51 | Uncommon | $0.49 |
| Kragma Warcaller | 195 | Uncommon | $0.49 |
| Opaline Unicorn | 218 | Common | $0.49 |
| Rageblood Shaman | 138 | Rare | $0.49 |
| Wavecrash Triton | 74 | Common | $0.49 |
| Rescue from the Underworld | 102 | Uncommon | $0.48 |
| Commune with the Gods | 155 | Common | $0.47 |
| Flamecast Wheel | 215 | Uncommon | $0.47 |
| Mountain | 242 | Common | $0.47 |
| Nimbus Naiad | 56 | Common | $0.46 |
| Wingsteed Rider | 36 | Common | $0.46 |
| Cavalry Pegasus | 2 | Common | $0.45 |
| Heliod's Emissary | 18 | Uncommon | $0.45 |
| Setessan Battle Priest | 29 | Common | $0.44 |
| Stoneshock Giant | 142 | Uncommon | $0.44 |
| Unknown Shores | 229 | Common | $0.43 |
| Meletis Charlatan | 54 | Rare | $0.42 |
| Viper's Kiss | 109 | Common | $0.42 |
| Baleful Eidolon | 78 | Common | $0.41 |
| Felhide Minotaur | 87 | Common | $0.41 |
| Sealock Monster | 62 | Uncommon | $0.41 |
| Arena Athlete | 113 | Uncommon | $0.40 |
| Lost in a Labyrinth | 52 | Common | $0.40 |
| Messenger's Speed | 129 | Common | $0.40 |
| Pharika's Mender | 197 | Uncommon | $0.40 |
| Reverent Hunter | 173 | Rare | $0.40 |
| Vulpine Goliath | 183 | Common | $0.40 |
| Anvilwrought Raptor | 211 | Uncommon | $0.39 |
| Phalanx Leader | 26 | Uncommon | $0.39 |
| Scourgemark | 105 | Common | $0.39 |
| Thassa's Emissary | 68 | Uncommon | $0.39 |
| Triton Tactics | 71 | Uncommon | $0.39 |
| Boulderfall | 115 | Common | $0.38 |
| Dragon Mantle | 119 | Common | $0.38 |
| Forest | 247 | Common | $0.38 |
| Ill-Tempered Cyclops | 125 | Common | $0.38 |
| Nylea's Emissary | 168 | Uncommon | $0.38 |
| Traveler's Amulet | 221 | Common | $0.38 |
| Anthousa, Setessan Hero | 149 | Rare | $0.37 |
| Erebos's Emissary | 86 | Uncommon | $0.37 |
| Leafcrown Dryad | 161 | Common | $0.37 |
| Ordeal of Erebos | 99 | Uncommon | $0.37 |
| Spark Jolt | 140 | Common | $0.37 |
| Spearpoint Oread | 141 | Common | $0.37 |
| Tormented Hero | 108 | Uncommon | $0.37 |
| Two-Headed Cerberus | 146 | Common | $0.37 |
| Yoked Ox | 37 | Common | $0.37 |
| Defend the Hearth | 156 | Common | $0.36 |
| Horizon Chimera | 194 | Uncommon | $0.36 |
| Prescient Chimera | 59 | Common | $0.36 |
| Purphoros's Emissary | 136 | Uncommon | $0.36 |
| Returned Phalanx | 104 | Common | $0.36 |
| Gods Willing | 16 | Common | $0.35 |
| Minotaur Skullcleaver | 130 | Common | $0.33 |
| Vaporkin | 72 | Common | $0.33 |
| Shipbreaker Kraken | 63 | Rare | $0.32 |
| Steam Augury | 205 | Rare | $0.32 |
| Witches' Eye | 222 | Uncommon | $0.32 |
| Coastline Chimera | 44 | Common | $0.31 |
| Dauntless Onslaught | 6 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Griptide | 50 | Common | $0.31 |
| Ray of Dissolution | 27 | Common | $0.31 |
| Shipwreck Singer | 203 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Spellheart Chimera | 204 | Uncommon | $0.31 |
| Agent of Horizons | 148 | Common | $0.30 |
| Lash of the Whip | 94 | Common | $0.30 |
| March of the Returned | 96 | Common | $0.30 |
| Borderland Minotaur | 114 | Common | $0.29 |
| Bronze Sable | 212 | Common | $0.29 |
| Divine Verdict | 8 | Common | $0.29 |
| Ember Swallower | 120 | Rare | $0.29 |
| Fleshmad Steed | 88 | Common | $0.29 |
| Labyrinth Champion | 126 | Rare | $0.29 |
| Leonin Snarecaster | 23 | Common | $0.29 |
| Polis Crusher | 198 | Rare | $0.29 |
| Traveling Philosopher | 34 | Common | $0.29 |
| Nemesis of Mortals | 163 | Uncommon | $0.28 |
| Pheres-Band Centaurs | 171 | Common | $0.28 |
| Satyr Piper | 175 | Uncommon | $0.28 |
| Shredding Winds | 178 | Common | $0.28 |
| Voyage's End | 73 | Common | $0.28 |
| Battlewise Valor | 1 | Common | $0.27 |
| Akroan Hoplite | 185 | Uncommon | $0.26 |
| Disciple of Phenax | 84 | Common | $0.26 |
| Satyr Hedonist | 174 | Common | $0.26 |
| Setessan Griffin | 30 | Common | $0.26 |
| Sip of Hemlock | 106 | Common | $0.26 |
| Chronicler of Heroes | 190 | Uncommon | $0.25 |
| Crackling Triton | 45 | Common | $0.25 |
| Gainsay | 49 | Uncommon | $0.25 |
| Mountain | 243 | Common | $0.25 |
| Nessian Asp | 164 | Common | $0.25 |
| Staunch-Hearted Warrior | 179 | Common | $0.25 |
| Artisan's Sorrow | 151 | Uncommon | $0.24 |
| Asphodel Wanderer | 77 | Common | $0.24 |
| Battlewise Hoplite | 189 | Uncommon | $0.24 |
| Guardians of Meletis | 217 | Common | $0.24 |
| Observant Alseid | 24 | Common | $0.24 |
| Silent Artisan | 31 | Common | $0.24 |
| Coordinated Assault | 116 | Uncommon | $0.23 |
| Feral Invocation | 158 | Common | $0.23 |
| Lagonna-Band Elder | 21 | Common | $0.23 |
| Psychic Intrusion | 200 | Rare | $0.23 |
| Boon of Erebos | 80 | Common | $0.22 |
| Celestial Archon | 3 | Rare | $0.22 |
| Deathbellow Raider | 117 | Common | $0.22 |
| Insatiable Harpy | 92 | Uncommon | $0.22 |
| Keepsake Gorgon | 93 | Uncommon | $0.22 |
| Plains | 231 | Common | $0.22 |
| Returned Centaur | 103 | Common | $0.22 |
| Triton Shorethief | 70 | Common | $0.22 |
| Prognostic Sphinx | 60 | Rare | $0.21 |
| Thassa's Bounty | 67 | Common | $0.21 |
| Vanquish the Foul | 35 | Uncommon | $0.21 |
| Flamespeaker Adept | 123 | Uncommon | $0.20 |
| Hunt the Hunter | 159 | Uncommon | $0.20 |
| Nessian Courser | 165 | Common | $0.20 |
| Ordeal of Purphoros | 131 | Uncommon | $0.20 |
| Peak Eruption | 132 | Uncommon | $0.20 |
| Portent of Betrayal | 133 | Common | $0.20 |
| Scholar of Athreos | 28 | Common | $0.20 |
| Sentry of the Underworld | 202 | Uncommon | $0.20 |
| Stymied Hopes | 64 | Common | $0.20 |
| Time to Feed | 181 | Common | $0.20 |
| Wild Celebrants | 147 | Common | $0.20 |
| Glare of Heresy | 15 | Uncommon | $0.19 |
| Titan of Eternal Fire | 144 | Rare | $0.19 |
| Benthic Giant | 41 | Common | $0.18 |
| Centaur Battlemaster | 154 | Uncommon | $0.18 |
| Fade into Antiquity | 157 | Common | $0.18 |
| Loathsome Catoblepas | 95 | Common | $0.18 |
| Sea God's Revenge | 61 | Uncommon | $0.18 |
| Last Breath | 22 | Common | $0.17 |
| Omenspeaker | 57 | Common | $0.16 |
| Sedge Scorpion | 177 | Common | $0.15 |
| Pharika's Cure | 100 | Common | $0.14 |
| Satyr Rambler | 139 | Common | $0.14 |
| Cutthroat Maneuver | 82 | Uncommon | $0.13 |
| Savage Surge | 176 | Common | $0.13 |
| Blood-Toll Harpy | 79 | Common | $0.12 |
| Demolish | 118 | Common | $0.10 |
| Ephara's Warden | 10 | Common | $0.10 |
| Priest of Iroas | 134 | Common | $0.10 |
| Rage of Purphoros | 137 | Common | $0.10 |
Related sets
- Defeat a God (2014-05-25)
- Journey into Nyx Tokens (2014-05-02)
- Journey into Nyx Hero's Path (2014-05-02)
- Journey into Nyx (2014-05-02)
FAQ
How many cards are in Theros?
Cactaur indexes 249 printings in Theros; official count is 249. Variant or promo printings can push the indexed total above the number on the booster box.
When did Theros release?
Theros shows a catalog release date of 2013-09-27 for this English Magic: The Gathering entry. Theros is indexed under slug ths in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
What is the most expensive card in Theros?
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx leads references around $134.34 in our latest snapshot. Prices change with condition and market volume. Theros is indexed under slug ths in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
Is Theros good for beginners?
Theros works for collectors who already know Theros. Beginners may prefer a starter deck before chasing rare pulls from this set. Theros is indexed under slug ths in the Cactaur Magic: The Gathering catalog.
Where can I track Theros prices?
Use this Cactaur set page for a snapshot, then open individual card pages for ongoing market references. Future marketplace features will anchor off the same data attributes on each row.