Roiling Vortex
Zendikar Rising 156 • rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Collector number
- 156
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Campbell White
- Market price
- $1.61
What it does
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.
red mana: Your opponents can't gain life this turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Roiling Vortex was released in the 2020 Magic: The Gathering set Zendikar Rising. Designed as a red enchantment, it draws upon the thematic backdrop of Zendikar, a plane defined by its unstable geography and the chaotic, shifting energy known as the Roil. Mechanically, the card was created to serve as an anti-lifegain and anti-free-spell utility piece, reflecting the harsh and unforgiving environment of its namesake plane.
The card features illustration by Wisnu Tan, who captured the destructive essence of the Roil through jagged lines and vibrant, volatile energy pulses. The design was received by the community as a significant inclusion for eternal formats like Commander and Modern, where its ability to punish decks for casting spells without mana costs or gaining large amounts of life provided a strategic countermeasure to prevailing high-efficiency archetypes.
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