Winter Orb
Artifact
5EDFifth Edition#408rare
"When once winter has ahold, Not willingly does she withdraw Her icy touch, wistfully caressing— The deepened air sleeps its cold." —Aline Corralurn, "Late Thaw"
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Border
- white
- Frame
- 1997
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 44–132
- Illustrator
- Mark Tedin
- Found in
- Fifth Edition Starter Deck · Fifth Edition Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
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
As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than one land during their untap steps.
Plays as:
StaxMass Land Denial
Market · per finishspark updated 32m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
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$13.91
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Rulings
2 · latest Jun 8, 2016
- WotCJun 8, 2016
All permanents untap during a player’s untap step at once. If Winter Orb is tapped as your untap step begins, your lands will all untap.
- WotCJun 8, 2016
You can’t tap Winter Orb just because you want to. Another ability, such as that of Glare of Subdual, must instruct or allow you to do so.