Svella, Ice Shaper

Printings

  • Kaldheim (KHM)#230
  • The List (PLST)#KHM-230
  • Kaldheim (KHM)#331
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM)#88380

Svella, Ice Shaper

Card Information

Type: Legendary Snow Creature — Troll Warrior

Mana Cost: 1Red manaGreen mana

CMC: 3

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for GMana symbol for R

Set: Kaldheim (KHM)

Rarity: Uncommon

Collector Number: 230

Oracle Text

{3}, {T}: Create a colorless snow artifact token named Icy Manalith with "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {6}{R}{G}, {T}: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Not Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Related Cards

Icy Manalith(Token Snow Artifact)
Svella, Ice Shaper(Legendary Snow Creature — Troll Warrior)

Card Rulings

  1. February 5, 2021

    The Kaldheim set doesn’t have any cards with mana costs that include {S}, but some previous sets do. If an effect says such a spell costs {1} less to cast, that reduction doesn’t apply to any {S} costs. This is also true for activated abilities that include {S} in their activation costs and effects that reduce those costs.

    Source: wotc
  2. February 5, 2021

    The spell you cast with Svella’s last ability is cast from your library.

    Source: wotc
  3. February 5, 2021

    If the spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X.

    Source: wotc
  4. February 5, 2021

    If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

    Source: wotc
  5. February 5, 2021

    Some cards have additional effects for each {S} spent to cast them. You can cast these spells even if you don’t spend any snow mana to cast them; their additional effects simply won’t do anything.

    Source: wotc
  6. February 5, 2021

    If you cast a spell using Svella’s ability, you do so as part of the resolution of that ability. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing permissions based on the card’s type are ignored.

    Source: wotc
  7. February 5, 2021

    Snow isn’t a type of mana. If an effect says you may spend mana as though it were any type, you can’t pay for {S} using mana that wasn’t produced by a snow source.

    Source: wotc
  8. February 5, 2021

    The {S} symbol is a generic mana symbol. It represents a cost that can be paid by one mana that was produced by a snow source. That mana can be any color or colorless.

    Source: wotc
  9. February 5, 2021

    In some unusual cases, the order of your library will matter as you cast the spell from among the revealed cards. Remember that looking at the top cards of your library doesn’t change their order or allow you to change their order. You don’t put the cards on the bottom of your library until after you are done casting the spell.

    Source: wotc
  10. February 5, 2021

    Snow is a supertype, not a card type. It has no rules meaning or function by itself, but spells and abilities may refer to it.

    Source: wotc
  11. February 5, 2021

    You’ll put the cards you didn’t cast on the bottom of your library before the spell you cast resolves.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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