Mystic Remora
Ice Age (ICE) #87 · Common · Enchantment
Mana cost: {U}
Cumulative upkeep {1} (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.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.
Illustrated by Ken Meyer, Jr. · Released June 3, 1995
Prices
- Nonfoil: $12.13 USD · €8.98 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.67 USD (5.8%) to $12.13 USD; low $8.35 USD, high $12.61 USD.
Printings
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal #16 (TLE) · Mythic · 2025 · $22.15 USD
- Secret Lair Drop #1842 (SLD) · Rare · 2024 · $12.95 USD
- Dominaria Remastered #288 (DMR) · Rare · 2023 · $10.91 USD
- Dominaria Remastered #420 (DMR) · Rare · 2023 · $14.67 USD
- Dominaria Remastered #59 (DMR) · Rare · 2023 · $14.89 USD
- Secret Lair Drop #406 (SLD) · Rare · 2022 · $66.72 USD
- Masters Edition #42 (ME1) · Uncommon · 2007
- Ice Age #87 (this printing) · Common · 1995 · $12.13 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2025-10-02 · wotc — Cumulative upkeep is a triggered ability that imposes an increasing cost on a permanent. "Cumulative upkeep [cost]" means "At the beginning of your upkeep, if this permanent is on the battlefield, put an age counter on this permanent. Then you may pay [cost] for each age counter on it. If you don't, sacrifice it."
- 2025-10-02 · wotc — Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it's not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can't be made. For example, if Mystic Remora has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice it.
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