Drought
Ice Age (ICE)
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay.
Spells cost an additional "Sacrifice a Swamp" to cast for each black mana symbol in their mana costs.
Activated abilities cost an additional "Sacrifice a Swamp" to activate for each black mana symbol in their activation costs.Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Rulings
3 · latest Jun 8, 2016
- WotCJun 8, 2016
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- WotCAug 1, 2008
A hybrid symbol that is both black and another type is a black mana symbol, regardless of what cost is paid for it.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
You have to sacrifice a Swamp for each black mana in the activation cost. If you use Pestilence with
, that’s 4 activations with each so you sacrifice 4 Swamps.