Psychic Vortex
Weatherlight 50 • rare
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Collector number
- 50
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Steve Luke
- Market price
- $3.73
What it does
Cumulative upkeep—Draw a card. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice a land and discard your hand.
"Tolaria floats upon a wheel of fortune."— Ertai, wizard adept
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Psychic Vortex was released in 1997 as part of the Weatherlight expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It represents a period in the game's history when mechanics often involved significant trade-offs, forcing players to balance powerful card-draw capabilities against the risk of permanent damage to their own board state. The card is grounded in the lore of the Weatherlight Saga, a long-running narrative arc that followed the crew of the skyship Weatherlight as they traversed the multiverse.
The card's striking illustration was created by artist Donato Giancola. Known for his technical mastery and atmospheric approach to fantasy art, Giancola sought to capture the chaotic and overwhelming nature of a magical maelstrom. His design work on the set was generally well-received by the player base for its painterly depth, and the card remains a notable example of the complex, high-risk enchantment design philosophy prevalent during the mid-nineties era of the game.
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