Heartstone
Stronghold (STH) #134 · Uncommon · Artifact
Mana cost: {3}
Activated abilities of creatures cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
"Finding a true heartstone is even harder than finding a true heart."
—Hanna
Illustrated by John Matson · Released March 2, 1998
Prices
- Nonfoil: $2.95 USD · €1.34 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.15 USD (4.8%) to $2.95 USD; low $2.93 USD, high $3.44 USD.
Printings
- The List #H09-26 (PLST) · Uncommon · 2024 · $1.91 USD
- The List #STH-134 (PLST) · Uncommon · 2023 · $1.92 USD
- Premium Deck Series: Slivers #26 (H09) · Uncommon · 2009 · $5.86 USD foil
- Stronghold #134 (this printing) · Uncommon · 1998 · $2.95 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — It will never reduce any colored mana portion of an activation cost.
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — It will not add a {1} to abilities with no generic mana in their activation cost.
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — The cost reduction can be applied to additional costs.
- 2006-07-15 · wotc — Can’t reduce Snow mana costs.
- 2016-06-08 · wotc — Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
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