Mount Velus Manticore
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Modern Horizons 2MH2 · #136
- Card type
- Enchantment Creature — Manticore
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.05 € · ★ 0.02 € · 0.07 $ · ★ 0.06 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- Red
Card text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may discard a card. When you do, this creature deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of card types the discarded card has.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Olena Richards
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-06-18
Flavour text
Born from a stray spark that flew from Purphoros's forge.
Rulings
If you do not discard a card, Mount Velus Manticore's reflexive triggered ability won't trigger.
The card types that can appear on a discarded card are artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Legendary, basic, and snow are supertypes, not card types; Manticore and Saga are subtypes, not card types.