Mystic Remora
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Masters Edition #42 (uncommon)
Cumulative upkeep {1} (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 {4}.
Mystic Remora has 8 printings, first in Ice Age (1995). EDHREC ranks it #101 among Commander cards. It appears most in Vivi Ornitier decks (18,778 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Mystic Remora
- 20 Ways to Win, led by Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Commanders that run Mystic Remora most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Vivi Ornitier: 18,778 decks
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy: 16,142 decks
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 11,817 decks
- Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 11,609 decks
- Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Tymna the Weaver: 11,188 decks
- Urza, Lord High Artificer: 10,690 decks
- Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow: 10,185 decks
- Muldrotha, the Gravetide: 9,658 decks
Often played with Mystic Remora
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Cumulative upkeep is a triggered ability that imposes an increasing cost on a permanent. "Cumulative upkeep [cost]" means "At the beginning of your upkeep, if this permanent is on the battlefield, put an age counter on this permanent. Then you may pay [cost] for each age counter on it. If you don't, sacrifice it."
- : 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 {4} or sacrifice it.