Braid of Fire
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2307 · 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.)
"The dreams of my father, and my father's father, have now been realized. The world is mine!"
—Ozai, from *The Boy in the Iceberg*
Illustrated by Tetsuko · Released November 17, 2025
Prices
- Nonfoil: $19.05 USD · €15.24 EUR
- Foil: €16.40 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.03 USD (0.2%) to $19.05 USD; low $19.00 USD, high $19.19 USD.
Printings
- Secret Lair Drop #2307 (this printing) · 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 (CSP) · 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.