MoP Classic item

Darkmoon Card: Illusion

Item 42988 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 200
Binds when equipped
Unique-Equipped
Trinket
+85 Intellect
Requires Level 80
Use: Absorbs 1,500 damage for 6 sec. When the shield is removed by any means, you regain 1,500 mana. (5 Min Cooldown)
Sell Price: 10 gold73 silver

About Darkmoon Card: Illusion

Darkmoon Card: Illusion is an epic trinket item on MoP Classic at item level 200, usable from level 80. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +85 Intellect. Other trinkets listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Darkmoon Card: Berserker! (200), Darkmoon Card: Death (200) and Darkmoon Card: Greatness (200). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (US 2); the cheapest buyout is 2,998 gold99 silver on Mankrik (US). A vendor pays 10 gold73 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm2,998 gold99 silverMankrik (US)

Typical market (US)4,893 gold49 silver

Median min buyout4,893 gold49 silver

Realms with listings2US 2

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 09:29 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
MankrikUS · Legacy	2,998 gold99 silver	2,998 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 09:29 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	6,787 gold99 silver	6,787 gold99 silver	3	3	2026-11-03 09:29 UTC

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Trinket items near item level 200

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 8 other trinket items at item level 200; 8 of them carry fixed stats.

+85 Intellect ranks 3rd of 3 trinket items with Intellect; Je'Tze's Bell (item level 200, requires level 80) has the most, +91.
Darkmoon Card: Berserker! has the most fixed stat points in this group, 100 against 85 here.
Same stat line (Intellect): Darkmoon Card: Greatness, Je'Tze's Bell.
Its lowest listed price, 2,998 gold99 silver, ranks 2nd of 6 listed trinket items in this group.
Cheapest listed trinket items at a similar or higher item level: Darkmoon Card: Berserker! at 2,222 gold (item level 200, requires level 80), Darkmoon Card: Death at 11,457 gold36 silver (item level 200, requires level 80), Darkmoon Card: Greatness at 13,999 gold99 silver (item level 200, requires level 80).

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Darkmoon Card: Illusion	200	80	-	+85 Intellect	2,998 gold99 silver
Darkmoon Card: Berserker!	200	80	-	+100 Resilience	2,222 gold
Darkmoon Card: Death	200	80	-	+85 Critical Strike	11,457 gold36 silver
Darkmoon Card: Greatness	200	80	-	+90 Strength	23,900 gold7 silver
Darkmoon Card: Greatness	200	80	-	+90 Agility	13,999 gold99 silver
Darkmoon Card: Greatness	200	80	-	+90 Spirit	19,809 gold90 silver
Darkmoon Card: Greatness	200	80	-	+90 Intellect	-
Je'Tze's Bell	200	80	-	+91 Intellect	-
Tears of Bitter Anguish	200	80	-	+73 Haste	-

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Where Darkmoon Card: Illusion Fits

Items Numbered Next to Darkmoon Card: Illusion

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 42988 (42987 to 42996) were usually added in the same batch as Darkmoon Card: Illusion: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Darkmoon Card: Greatness ID 42987 · Armor · item level 200 · lowest 23,900g on 1 realm
Darkmoon Card: Berserker! ID 42989 · Armor · item level 200 · lowest 2,222g on 2 realms
Darkmoon Card: Death ID 42990 · Armor · item level 200 · lowest 11,457g on 1 realm
Spicy Fried Herring ID 42993 · Consumable · item level 70
Hearty Rhino ID 42995 · Consumable · item level 70
Snapper Extreme ID 42996 · Consumable · item level 70

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions

Item 42988	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	200	35
Required level	80	80
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Intellect	85	-
Effects	Use: Absorbs 1,500 damage for 6 sec. When the shield is removed by any means, you regain 1,500 mana. (5 Min Cooldown)	-
Sell price	10 gold73 silver	10 gold73 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 11:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 5
Lowest buyout seen: 399 gold99 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-05 20:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 15,160 gold51 silverAtiesh (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 970

US median, latest 2,999gEU median, latest 2,000g
Each line is one region's daily median of the cheapest buyout on every realm that listed it, from our hourly scans.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	EU low	EU median	EU realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	-	-	-	2,998 gold99 silver	2,998 gold99 silver	2
2026-11-02	999 gold	1,999 gold98 silver	2	2,998 gold99 silver	2,998 gold99 silver	2
2026-11-01	1,999 gold98 silver	1,999 gold98 silver	1	2,998 gold99 silver	6,788 gold	2
2026-10-31	1,999 gold98 silver	1,999 gold98 silver	1	6,788 gold	6,788 gold	1
2026-10-30	500 gold	1,999 gold98 silver	2	4,499 gold96 silver	6,788 gold	1
2026-10-29	1,999 gold98 silver	1,999 gold98 silver	1	-	-	-
2026-10-28	500 gold	1,999 gold98 silver	2	-	-	-

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 2 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	42988
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Miscellaneous
Slot	Trinket
Item level	200
Requires level	80
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	10 gold73 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)