Braid of Fire
Coldsnap (CSP) #78 · Rare · Enchantment
Mana cost: {1}{R}
Cumulative upkeep—Add {R}. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
"To a trained mind, the cold is but a momentary distraction."
Illustrated by Cyril Van Der Haegen · Released July 21, 2006
Prices
- Nonfoil: $23.44 USD · €11.93 EUR
- Foil: $40.00 USD · €18.66 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.52 USD (2.2%) to $23.44 USD; low $23.44 USD, high $23.96 USD.
Printings
- Secret Lair Drop #2307 (SLD) · Rare · 2025 · $19.05 USD
- Secret Lair Drop #1247 (SLD) · Rare · 2023 · $29.07 USD
- Secret Lair Drop #729 (SLD) · Rare · 2023 · $24.27 USD foil
- The List #CSP-78 (PLST) · Rare · 2020 · $18.47 USD foil
- Coldsnap #78 (this printing) · Rare · 2006 · $23.44 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: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — Braid of Fire is a very unusual card. "Add {R}" is a cost. This enchantment does nothing but add increasing amounts of mana during your upkeep.
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — Any of this mana that isn't spent during your upkeep step will be removed before your draw step begins. You cannot save it to be spent on the card you will draw this turn.