Roiling Vortex
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Zendikar Rising #156 (rare)
- Price
- $1.57 USD
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.
Roiling Vortex has 6 printings, first in Zendikar Rising (2020). EDHREC ranks it #2,618 among Commander cards. It appears most in Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls decks (20,484 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Roiling Vortex most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls: 20,484 decks
- Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power: 6,463 decks
- Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin: 5,715 decks
- Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph: 2,750 decks
- Torbran, Thane of Red Fell: 2,237 decks
- Solphim, Mayhem Dominus: 1,883 decks
- Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence: 1,510 decks
- Zo-Zu the Punisher: 1,197 decks
Often played with Roiling Vortex
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : Activating Roiling Vortex’s last ability won’t undo any life gained before it resolved.
- : 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.