Cursed Totem
Cursed Totem: Artifact, Modern Horizons 2. Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)
- Released
- 2021-06-18
- Collector number
- 295
- Artist
- Aaron Miller
- Commander rank
- 2,605 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Cursed Totem
Cursed Totem is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Modern Horizons 2 (MH2), a draft-focused set released in June 2021. It is collector number 295 in that set, with art by Aaron Miller. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Mirage (1996) to Modern Horizons 2 (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.46 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.
"Sorry, Great One, but did I hear correctly? I'm to entrust this powerful artifact to our *worst* researchers?" -Flesdrim, Cabal servant
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.46 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Cursed Totem by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Cursed Totem
Cursed Totem has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| World Championship Decks 2000 (WC00) #tvdl278sb | Rare | 2000 |
| Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) #278 | Rare | 1999 |
| Mirage (MIR) #299 | Rare | 1996 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Cursed Totem, newest first.
- Cursed Totem doesn't stop players from activating abilities of creature cards that aren't on the battlefield, such as cycling or unearth.
- Other abilities of creatures, including static abilities and triggered abilities, are unaffected.
- Cursed Totem stops players from activating mana abilities of creatures.
- Activated abilities of noncreature permanents that would make them become creatures (such as a Vehicle's crew ability) can still be activated. Once they become creatures, any abilities they have cannot be activated.
- Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Cursed Totem.