Cursed Totem
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Classic Sixth Edition6ED · #278
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 6.97 € · 4.00 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- D. Alexander Gregory
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1999-04-21
Flavour text
Pass me from soul to soul, / soldier to herder, herder to beast, beast to soil / until I am everywhere. / Then pass me those souls. —Totem inscription (translated)
Rulings
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
Activated abilities of noncreature permanents that would make them become creatures (such as a Vehicle's crew ability) can still be activated. Once they become creatures, any abilities they have cannot be activated.
Cursed Totem doesn't stop players from activating abilities of creature cards that aren't on the battlefield, such as cycling or unearth.
Cursed Totem stops players from activating mana abilities of creatures.
Other abilities of creatures, including static abilities and triggered abilities, are unaffected.
