If a turn has multiple combat phases, this spell can be cast during any of them as long as it’s before the beginning of that phase’s Declare Blockers Step.
Winter's Chill
The payments are made when the spell resolves. The three options are: pay {2} to let creature act as normal, pay {1} to have creature neither deal or receive damage, or pay nothing and the creature does deal and receive damage but it will be destroyed at end of combat.
Last observed at $1.81, up from $1.72 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.72 and $2.37 across 33 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 17 hours ago at $1.81.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ICE — 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.
This card belongs to *Ice Age* (released June 1995).
Card #107 in Ice Age.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Instant. Color identity: blue. Mana cost: {X}{U} (1 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 #17,173 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Edward P. Beard, Jr..
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Edward P. Beard, Jr.
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