Winter Orb

Mana cost: {2}
Type: Artifact
Set: Summer Magic / Edgar #280 (rare)

As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than one land during their untap steps.

Winter Orb has 21 printings, first in Unlimited Edition (1993). EDHREC ranks it #3,470 among Commander cards. It appears most in Urza, Lord High Artificer decks (9,090 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: not legal
modern: not legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: not legal

Commanders that run Winter Orb most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Urza, Lord High Artificer: 9,090 decks
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV: 4,220 decks
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician: 1,401 decks
Meria, Scholar of Antiquity: 1,034 decks
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade: 616 decks
Hokori, Dust Drinker: 501 decks
Galazeth Prismari: 432 decks
Zo-Zu the Punisher: 419 decks

Often played with Winter Orb

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2016-06-08: All permanents untap during a player’s untap step at once. If Winter Orb is tapped as your untap step begins, your lands will all untap.
2016-06-08: You can’t tap Winter Orb just because you want to. Another ability, such as that of Glare of Subdual, must instruct or allow you to do so.

Winter Orb

Legality

Commanders that run Winter Orb most

Often played with Winter Orb

Rulings

Printings