Card text
Cumulative upkeep {R} (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.)
Blue creatures can't block creatures you control.
Nonblue creatures can't block creatures you control unless their controller pays 1 life for each blocking creature they control.
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Mana cost
{2}{R}
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Card text
Cumulative upkeep {R} (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.)
Blue creatures can't block creatures you control.
Nonblue creatures can't block creatures you control unless their controller pays 1 life for each blocking creature they control.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Heat Wave
Heat Wave (83) is a Red Enchantment from Visions (VIS). It costs {2}{R} and has mana value 3. It is printed at Uncommon rarity. The one keyword in its text is Cumulative upkeep. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander and Oathbreaker.
Visions is a main expansion, released February 1997.
Cumulative upkeep {R} (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.) Blue creatures can't block creatures you control. Nonblue creatures can't block creatures you control unless their controller pays 1 life for each blocking creature they control.
Card details
- Card number
- 83
- Set
- Visions (VIS)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 3 February 1997
- Rarity
- Uncommon (U)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Enchantment
- Colour
- Red
- Colour identity
- Red
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Heat Wave
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