MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #64

Energy Vortex

mir·#64·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Tom Wänerstrand

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1996

30 yr ago

Value

$1.77+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.80 · low $0.73

NM$0.77

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.71–$0.81modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.00low $0.02range 4900.0%n 50

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,568 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.77

Gameplay

Enchantment

As this enchantment enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove all vortex counters from this enchantment. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 3 damage to that player unless they pay {1} for each vortex counter on this enchantment. {X}: Put X vortex counters on this enchantment. Activate only during your upkeep.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

Does a flat 3 damage, not 3 damage per counter.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.77. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.00 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MIR — 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 #64 of *Mirage*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1996 Mirage release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{U}{U} (5 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 #27,568 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Tom Wänerstrand. Rarix catalogs 255 other cards credited to this artist.