Cumulative Upkeep

Keywords · intermediate

Cumulative upkeep is an escalating cost to keep a permanent. It reads "Cumulative upkeep [cost]."

How it works

• At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on the permanent.
• Then pay its cumulative upkeep cost once for each age counter on it.
• If you do not pay, sacrifice the permanent.

Rules notes

• The cost grows every turn: one payment the first upkeep, two the next, three after that, and so on.
• Cumulative upkeep makes a permanent very strong early but unsustainable if kept too long.

Rule reference

[702.24]