Printings
Roiling Vortex
Card Information
Type: Enchantment
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Zendikar Rising (ZNR)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 156
Oracle 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. {R}: Your opponents can't gain life this turn.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- September 25, 2020
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.
Source: wotc - September 25, 2020
Activating Roiling Vortex’s last ability won’t undo any life gained before it resolved.
Source: wotc - September 25, 2020
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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