Catharsis

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Catharsis: Creature - Elemental Incarnation, Lorwyn Eclipsed. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{R/W}{R/W}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Elemental Incarnation
Colour identity
White and red (WR)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL)
Released
2026-01-23
Collector number
209
Artist
Alex Horley-Orlandelli
Commander rank
16,688 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Evoke

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About Catharsis

Catharsis is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and red creature from Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), an expansion set released in January 2026. It is collector number 209 in that set, with art by Alex Horley-Orlandelli. It costs {4}{R/W}{R/W} to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is white and red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.55 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

When this creature enters, if {W}{W} was spent to cast it, create two 1/1 green and white Kithkin creature tokens.

When this creature enters, if {R}{R} was spent to cast it, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste until end of turn.

Evoke {R/W}{R/W} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.55 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Catharsis by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Catharsis

Catharsis has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL) #292Mythic2026
Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos (PECL) #209pMythic2026

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Catharsis, newest first.

  • If this spell is copied, the copy will not have had any colors of mana paid for it, no matter what colors were spent on the original spell.
  • Catharsis's first and second abilities care about what mana was spent to pay its total cost, not just what mana was spent to pay the hybrid mana symbols in its cost.
  • Catharsis's first and second abilities check to see if at least two mana of the appropriate colors were spent to pay Catharsis's cost. It doesn't matter if more than two mana of that color was spent; the effect isn't multiplied.
  • If you pay the evoke cost, you can have the creature's own triggered ability or abilities resolve before the evoke triggered ability. You can cast spells after that ability resolves but before you have to sacrifice the creature.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an evoke cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.

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