Roiling Vortex
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secret Lair DropSLD · #1958
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 3.66 € · ★ 3.50 € · 3.29 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
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. : Your opponents can't gain life this turn.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Kirokaze & Chuck Lukacs
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-12-02
Rulings
Activating Roiling Vortex’s last ability won’t undo any life gained before it resolved.
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.
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.
