Mystic Remora
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-10-02
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."
- 2025-10-02
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Mystic Remora, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urza, Lord High Artificer | 2 | 5 | 0% |
| Y'shtola, Night's Blessed | 2 | 0 | — |
| Vivi Ornitier | 1 | 2 | — |
| Marina Vendrell | 1 | 1 | — |
| Bard, King of Dale | 1 | 0 | — |
| Helga, Skittish Seer | 1 | 0 | — |
| https://archidekt.com/decks/23622275/crystal | 1 | 0 | — |
| Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Blue 2 decks
- Izzet 2 decks
- Esper 2 decks
- Simic 1 deck
- Azorius 1 deck
- Five-Color 1 deck
- Bant 1 deck
Every version of Mystic Remora
7 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Inverted
Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal
- Normal
- $19.15
- Foil
- $45.65
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $12.68
Dominaria Remastered
- Normal
- $10.26
- Foil
- $19.40
Inverted
Dominaria Remastered
- Normal
- $12.64
- Foil
- $17.77
Dominaria Remastered
- Normal
- $12.49
- Foil
- $13.41
Inverted
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $64.60
- Foil
- $92.28
Ice Age
- Normal
- $10.10
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Mystic Remora — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.