Winter's Chill

Ice Age (ICE) #107 · Rare · Instant

Mana cost: {X}{U}

Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared.
X can't be greater than the number of snow lands you control.
Choose X target attacking creatures. For each of those creatures, its controller may pay {1} or {2}. If that player doesn't, destroy that creature at end of combat. If that player pays only {1}, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this combat.

Illustrated by Edward P. Beard, Jr. · Released June 3, 1995 · On the Reserved List

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.04 USD (2.6%) to $1.55 USD; low $1.51 USD, high $1.55 USD.

Printings

  1. Ice Age #107 (this printing) · Rare · 1995 · $1.55 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2004-10-04 · wotc — The payments are made when the spell resolves. The three options are: pay {2} to let creature act as normal, pay {1} to have creature neither deal or receive damage, or pay nothing and the creature does deal and receive damage but it will be destroyed at end of combat.
  2. 2013-09-20 · wotc — If a turn has multiple combat phases, this spell can be cast during any of them as long as it’s before the beginning of that phase’s Declare Blockers Step.

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