Cursed Totem
Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) #278 · Rare · Artifact
Mana cost: {2}
Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.
Pass me from soul to soul, / soldier to herder, herder to beast, beast to soil / until I am everywhere. / Then pass me those souls.
—Totem inscription (translated)
Illustrated by D. Alexander Gregory · Released April 21, 1999
Prices
- Nonfoil: $4.00 USD · €7.33 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.17 USD (4.4%) to $4.00 USD; low $3.83 USD, high $4.01 USD.
Printings
- Modern Horizons 2 #295 (MH2) · Rare · 2021 · $1.40 USD
- World Championship Decks 2000 #tvdl278sb (WC00) · Rare · 2000 · $7.32 USD
- Classic Sixth Edition #278 (this printing) · Rare · 1999 · $4.00 USD
- Mirage #299 (MIR) · Rare · 1996 · $10.76 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2016-06-08 · wotc — Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- 2021-06-18 · wotc — Cursed Totem doesn't stop players from activating abilities of creature cards that aren't on the battlefield, such as cycling or unearth.
- 2021-06-18 · wotc — Other abilities of creatures, including static abilities and triggered abilities, are unaffected.
- 2021-06-18 · wotc — Cursed Totem stops players from activating mana abilities of creatures.
- 2021-06-18 · wotc — Activated abilities of noncreature permanents that would make them become creatures (such as a Vehicle's crew ability) can still be activated. Once they become creatures, any abilities they have cannot be activated.
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