Roiling Vortex
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1958 · Rare · Enchantment
Mana cost: {1}{R}
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 1 damage to them.
Whenever a player casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast that spell, this enchantment deals 5 damage to that player.
{R}: Your opponents can't gain life this turn.
Illustrated by Kirokaze & Chuck Lukacs · Released February 10, 2025
Prices
- Nonfoil: $3.28 USD · €3.81 EUR
- Foil: €4.02 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.02 USD (0.6%) to $3.28 USD; low $3.26 USD, high $3.30 USD.
Printings
- Secret Lair Drop #1958 (this printing) · Rare · 2025 · $3.28 USD
- Magic Online Promos #83832 (PRM) · Rare · 2020
- Zendikar Rising Promos #156p (PZNR) · Rare · 2020 · $3.19 USD
- Zendikar Rising Promos #156s (PZNR) · Rare · 2020 · $3.65 USD foil
- Zendikar Rising #156 (ZNR) · Rare · 2020 · $1.56 USD
- Zendikar Rising #352 (ZNR) · Rare · 2020 · $2.59 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2020-09-25 · wotc — An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
- 2020-09-25 · wotc — Activating Roiling Vortex’s last ability won’t undo any life gained before it resolved.
- 2020-09-25 · wotc — In a Two-Headed Giant game, Roiling Vortex’s first ability triggers twice during each team’s upkeep. Each instance deals 1 damage to one of the players on that team.
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- Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph · in 12% of 49 decks