Glacial Chasm
Glacial Chasm: Land, Ice Age. Cumulative upkeep-Pay 2 life. When this land enters, sacrifice a land. Creatures you control can't attack. On Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age (ICE)
- Released
- 1995-06-03
- Collector number
- 353
- Artist
- Liz Danforth
- Commander rank
- 2,231 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Cumulative upkeep
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About Glacial Chasm
Glacial Chasm is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless land from Ice Age (ICE), an expansion set released in June 1995. It is collector number 353 in that set, with art by Liz Danforth. As a land, it has no mana cost. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Ice Age (1995) to From the Vault: Realms (2012). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $15.87 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Cumulative upkeep-Pay 2 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When this land enters, sacrifice a land.
Creatures you control can't attack.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $15.87 (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 Glacial Chasm by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Glacial Chasm
Glacial Chasm has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| From the Vault: Realms (V12) #7 | Mythic | 2012 |
| Masters Edition II (ME2) #229 | Rare | 2008 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Glacial Chasm.
- When Glacial Chasm's "enters" ability resolves, if you don't control any other lands, you must sacrifice Glacial Chasm itself.
Similar cards
Other land cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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