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◇ Catalog #156s

Roiling Vortex

pznr·#156s·rare·foil

Illus. Campbell White

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Sep '20

5 yr ago

Value

$4.50+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $3.62 · low $3.30

NM$3.50

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$3.23–$3.69modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.50low $3.30range 6.1%n 56

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,454 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$3.50

Gameplay

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 1 damage to them. Whenever a player casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast that spell, this enchantment deals 5 damage to that player. {R}: Your opponents can't gain life this turn.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2020-09-25wotc

An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

2020-09-25wotc

Activating Roiling Vortex’s last ability won’t undo any life gained before it resolved.

2020-09-25wotc

In a Two-Headed Giant game, Roiling Vortex’s first ability triggers twice during each team’s upkeep. Each instance deals 1 damage to one of the players on that team.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.50. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.30 and $3.50 across 56 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PZNR — the lineup includes Foil 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 #156s of *Zendikar Rising Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the September 2020 Zendikar Rising release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{R} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,454 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Campbell White. Rarix catalogs 472 other cards credited to this artist.