Printings
Cathodion
Card Information
Type: Artifact Creature — Construct
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Double Masters (2XM)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 237
Oracle Text
When this creature dies, add {C}{C}{C}.
Format Legalities
duel(Legal)
brawl(Not Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Not Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Not Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Not Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Not Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Legal)
Card Rulings
- January 25, 2011
The triggered ability isn't a mana ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
Source: wotc - January 25, 2011
You get the mana whether you want it or not. If you don't spend it, it will disappear at the end of the current step (or phase).
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
The ability is never a mana ability.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.
Gandareth the Odd
Keeper of Cardboard Secrets and Loremancer of the Lost Ink