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 2 months ago at $1.04. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.04 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from WTH — 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 #117 of *Weatherlight*, the set that shipped alongside the June 1997 Weatherlight release.
Card type: Creature — Elemental, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{G}{G} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Cumulative upkeep.
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 #26,069 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Brom. Rarix catalogs 187 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Brom
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