Drought
Card Information
Type: Enchantment
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Ice Age (ICE)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 21
Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {W}{W}. Spells cost an additional "Sacrifice a Swamp" to cast for each black mana symbol in their mana costs. Activated abilities cost an additional "Sacrifice a Swamp" to activate for each black mana symbol in their activation costs.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 8, 2016
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
Source: wotc - August 1, 2008
A hybrid symbol that is both black and another type is a black mana symbol, regardless of what cost is paid for it.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
You have to sacrifice a Swamp for each black mana in the activation cost. If you use Pestilence with {B}{B}{B}{B}, that’s 4 activations with {B} each so you sacrifice 4 Swamps.
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.