Monstrous Vortex
Monstrous Vortex: Enchantment, Modern Horizons 3. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{G}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
- Released
- 2024-06-14
- Collector number
- 162
- Artist
- Deruchenko Alexander
- Commander rank
- 2,178 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Discover
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About Monstrous Vortex
Monstrous Vortex is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green enchantment from Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), a draft-focused set released in June 2024. It is collector number 162 in that set, with art by Deruchenko Alexander. It costs {3}{G} (three generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Modern Horizons 3 is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.35 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever you cast a creature spell with power 5 or greater, discover X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.35 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Monstrous Vortex by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Monstrous Vortex
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #427 | Uncommon | 2024 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Monstrous Vortex, newest first.
- A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
- If you discover an adventurer card, split card, or modal double-faced card, you might be able to cast that card with either set of characteristics depending on the effect's discover value. For example, if you discover 4 and reveal Galvanic Giant (an adventurer card from Wilds of Eldraine™ with a mana value of 4), you could cast Galvanic Giant, but not Storm Reading (its Adventure, which has a mana value of 7). If you discover 7 and reveal Galvanic Giant, you could cast either Galvanic Giant or Storm Reading.
- You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
- If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast it.
- Some spells and abilities that cause you to discover may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and you won't discover.
- If you can't cast the discovered card (perhaps because there are no legal targets for the spell), you'll put it into your hand.
- When you discover, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether you cast the exiled card or put it into your hand.
- If the discovered card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.