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◇ Catalog #31

Mana Vortex

drk·#31·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Douglas Shuler

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wishlisted

Aug 1994

32 yr ago

Value

$14.08+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $15 · low $13

NM$14.1

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$13–$15modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $17low $14range 19.9%n 43

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #19,817 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$14

Gameplay

Enchantment

When you cast this spell, counter it unless you sacrifice a land. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a land of their choice. When there are no lands on the battlefield, sacrifice this enchantment.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2009-10-01wotc

When you cast Mana Vortex, its first ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of the Mana Vortex spell. The triggered ability resolves first. When it resolves, you either sacrifice a land or you counter Mana Vortex.

2009-10-01wotc

Mana Vortex’s third ability is a “state trigger.” Once a state trigger triggers, it won’t trigger again as long as the ability is on the stack. If the ability is countered and the trigger condition is still true, it will immediately trigger again.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $14.08. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $13.89 and $16.66 across 43 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DRK — the lineup includes 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 #31 of *The Dark*, the set that shipped alongside the August 1994 The Dark release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{U}{U} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #19,817 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Douglas Shuler. Rarix catalogs 707 other cards credited to this artist.