Surging Dementia
Coldsnap 72 • common
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Collector number
- 72
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Hideaki Takamura
- Market price
- $0.08
What it does
Ripple 4 (When you cast this spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast spells with the same name as this spell from among those cards without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
Target player discards a card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Surging Dementia was released in 2006 as part of the Coldsnap expansion for Magic: The Gathering. This set was unique for its design philosophy, as it was specifically conceived as the lost third set of the Ice Age block, completing a thematic trilogy that had remained unfinished for a decade. The card features the 'ripple' mechanic, a thematic nod to the set's snowy, brutalist aesthetic, which encouraged players to chain together multiple copies of the same spell to overwhelm an opponent.
The artwork for the card was created by illustrator Dave Dorman, a celebrated artist known for his atmospheric and dark fantasy style. Dorman sought to capture the feeling of mental decay and overwhelming psychic pressure to match the card's name and its discard-focused effect. Upon its release, the card became a staple of 'ripple' tribal decks, noted by players for its ability to generate significant card advantage when played in multiples, cementing its place in the history of mid-2000s competitive play.
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