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
- $0.09
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 is notable for being designed as the long-lost third installment of the Ice Age block, intended to capture the thematic chill and mechanical complexity of sets released a decade prior. As a common-rarity sorcery, it serves as an example of the 'ripple' mechanic, which encourages players to chain together multiple copies of the same card to overwhelm an opponent's hand.
The card features artwork by Japanese illustrator Hideaki Takamura, who contributed several pieces to the set. Takamura’s visual style for this piece emphasizes the unsettling, atmospheric horror inherent to the theme of memory loss and mental degradation. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, if niche, addition to discard-themed strategies, valued primarily for its ability to generate incremental advantage in a fast-paced environment.
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About Surging Dementia
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