Card

Mystic Remora

Enchantment


Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays .

The bond between spellcaster and familiar allows the mage to detect even the smallest of magical ripples—and use them to their advantage.


  Secret Lair Drop (SLD)
#406, Rare

Illustrated by: Kelogsloops

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Historic BO1
Not Legal Historic Brawl
Not Legal Modern
Not Legal Pioneer
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Timeless BO1
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer
Not Legal Traditional Historic
Not Legal Traditional Timeless

Rulings

  • 2008-04-01
    A “noncreature spell” is any spell that doesn’t have the type Creature. Artifact Creatures, Enchantment Creatures, and older cards of type Summon are all creature spells.
  • 2007-09-16
    First the opponent chooses whether or not to pay . Then, if they don’t pay, you choose whether or not to draw a card.
  • 2022-12-08
    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 Mystic Remora 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 or sacrifice it.
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