Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it's not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can't be made. For example, if a permanent with "cumulative upkeep {1}" has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice the permanent.
Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $0.11, holding the same level over the trailing thirty days. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.11 across 54 observations — a moderately swinging band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from CSP — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #11 of *Coldsnap*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2006 Coldsnap release.
Card type: Creature — Human Soldier, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {W} (1 converted). Keyword abilities: Cumulative upkeep.
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #29,648 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Dave Dorman. Rarix catalogs 307 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Dave Dorman
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