Mystic Remora
Mystic Remora: Enchantment, Dominaria Remastered. Cumulative upkeep 1 Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Dominaria Remastered (DMR)
- Released
- 2023-01-13
- Collector number
- 59
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Keywords
- Cumulative upkeep
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About Mystic Remora
Mystic Remora is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue enchantment from Dominaria Remastered (DMR), a Masters set released in January 2023. It is collector number 59 in that set, with art by Jesper Ejsing. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Pauper Commander. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Ice Age (1995) to Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $13.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Cumulative upkeep {1} (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.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $13.19 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Mystic Remora by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Banned |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Mystic Remora
Mystic Remora has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #16 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1842 | Rare | 2024 |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #288 | Rare | 2023 |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #420 | Rare | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #406 | Rare | 2022 |
| Masters Edition (ME1) #42 | Uncommon | 2007 |
| Ice Age (ICE) #87 | Common | 1995 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Mystic Remora, newest first.
- Cumulative upkeep is a triggered ability that imposes an increasing cost on a permanent. "Cumulative upkeep [cost]" means "At the beginning of your upkeep, if this permanent is on the battlefield, put an age counter on this permanent. Then you may pay [cost] for each age counter on it. If you don't, sacrifice it."
- Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it's not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can't be made. For example, if Mystic Remora has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice it.
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