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Svella, Ice Shaper
MTGO 0.07 tix

Svella, Ice Shaper

{1}{R}{G}

Legendary Snow Creature — Troll Warrior

{3}, {T}: Create a colorless snow artifact token named Icy Manalith with "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

{6}{R}{G}, {T}: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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Set
Magic Online Promos (PRM #88380)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
3
Released
2021-02-28
Artist
DZO
EDHREC rank
#6,979
Colour identity
{G}{R}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.25
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 3

Svella, Ice Shaper+Roxanne, Starfall Savant+Agatha of the Vile Cauldron+Umbral Mantle
{R}{G}
Infinite tapped Icy Manalith tokensInfinitely large creature until end of turn
Svella, Ice Shaper+Dockside Extortionist+Thornbite Staff+Mortuary+Phyrexian Altar
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm countInfinite Treasure tokens
Svella, Ice Shaper+Dockside Extortionist+Thornbite Staff+Mortuary+Ashnod's Altar
{B}{R}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colored manaInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm countInfinite Treasure tokens

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Rime Tender 59 %+58.1 %
  2. Roxanne, Starfall Savant 58 %+54.9 %
  3. Illusionist's Bracers 46 %+44.7 %
  4. Terastodon 48 %+43.7 %
  5. Apex Devastator 48 %+42.1 %
  6. Seedborn Muse 44 %+38.4 %
  7. Seeker of Skybreak 40 %+38.3 %
  8. Rings of Brighthearth 38 %+37.8 %
  9. Snow-Covered Forest 42 %+37.4 %
  10. Snow-Covered Mountain 41 %+37.0 %
  11. Battlemage's Bracers 37 %+36.5 %
  12. Sarinth Greatwurm 36 %+35.2 %
  13. Agatha of the Vile Cauldron 36 %+34.7 %
  14. Artisan of Kozilek 34 %+33.2 %
  15. Highland Forest 39 %+31.9 %
  16. Etali, Primal Storm 46 %+30.1 %
  17. Nyxbloom Ancient 32 %+28.4 %
  18. Thunderous Debut 27 %+26.3 %
  19. Elvish Mystic 51 %+25.8 %
  20. Replicating Ring 26 %+25.1 %
  21. Mana Reflection 29 %+24.8 %
  22. Llanowar Elves 58 %+24.7 %
  23. Worldspine Wurm 27 %+24.5 %
  24. Fyndhorn Elves 38 %+23.6 %
  25. Savage Ventmaw 33 %+23.1 %
  26. Thousand-Year Elixir 24 %+22.8 %
  27. Archetype of Endurance 26 %+22.6 %
  28. Etali, Primal Conqueror 32 %+22.5 %
  29. Monstrous Vortex 25 %+21.5 %
  30. Patriar's Seal 22 %+20.2 %
  31. Sandwurm Convergence 23 %+19.9 %
  32. Kodama of the East Tree 27 %+19.6 %
  33. Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant 23 %+19.0 %
  34. Second Harvest 24 %+18.6 %
  35. End-Raze Forerunners 23 %+18.0 %
  36. Up the Beanstalk 23 %+17.8 %
  37. Desolation Twin 17 %+16.9 %
  38. The Tarrasque 16 %+15.5 %
  39. Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 16 %+15.2 %
  40. Magewright's Stone 16 %+14.9 %
  41. Last March of the Ents 19 %+14.8 %
  42. Maelstrom Colossus 16 %+14.6 %
  43. Heartstone 15 %+14.6 %
  44. Acidic Slime 17 %+14.4 %
  45. Boom // Bust 15 %+14.2 %
  46. Gruul Signet 37 %+14.1 %
  47. Hellkite Tyrant 19 %+14.0 %
  48. Wildfire 14 %+13.8 %
  49. Impending Disaster 14 %+13.8 %
  50. Waking the Trolls 14 %+13.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Sol Ring 76 %-1.6 %
  2. Command Tower 75 %-8.0 %
  3. Forest 64 %-33.4 %
  4. Mountain 64 %-33.2 %
  5. Arcane Signet 62 %+1.4 %
  6. Rime Tender 59 %+58.1 %
  7. Roxanne, Starfall Savant 58 %+54.9 %
  8. Llanowar Elves 58 %+24.7 %
  9. Cinder Glade 57 %-10.1 %
  10. Elvish Mystic 51 %+25.8 %
  11. Beast Within 49 %-3.1 %
  12. Terastodon 48 %+43.7 %
  13. Goblin Anarchomancer 48 %+3.9 %
  14. Apex Devastator 48 %+42.1 %
  15. Garruk's Uprising 47 %+8.3 %
  16. Etali, Primal Storm 46 %+30.1 %
  17. Illusionist's Bracers 46 %+44.7 %
  18. Rhythm of the Wild 44 %+5.7 %
  19. Seedborn Muse 44 %+38.4 %
  20. Cultivate 44 %-5.5 %
  21. Rootbound Crag 43 %-13.6 %
  22. Snow-Covered Forest 42 %+37.4 %
  23. Snow-Covered Mountain 41 %+37.0 %
  24. Stomping Ground 41 %-8.3 %
  25. Chaos Warp 40 %-0.6 %
  26. Seeker of Skybreak 40 %+38.3 %
  27. Highland Forest 39 %+31.9 %
  28. Rings of Brighthearth 38 %+37.8 %
  29. Fyndhorn Elves 38 %+23.6 %
  30. Rampant Growth 38 %-5.1 %
  31. Birds of Paradise 37 %+8.2 %
  32. Battlemage's Bracers 37 %+36.5 %
  33. Gruul Signet 37 %+14.1 %
  34. Sarinth Greatwurm 36 %+35.2 %
  35. Blasphemous Act 36 %-7.4 %
  36. Heroic Intervention 36 %-2.2 %
  37. Agatha of the Vile Cauldron 36 %+34.7 %
  38. Rockfall Vale 36 %-7.0 %
  39. Artisan of Kozilek 34 %+33.2 %
  40. Savage Ventmaw 33 %+23.1 %
  41. Gruul Turf 33 %-3.2 %
  42. Nyxbloom Ancient 32 %+28.4 %
  43. Etali, Primal Conqueror 32 %+22.5 %
  44. Kessig Wolf Run 31 %-6.0 %
  45. Game Trail 31 %-13.4 %
  46. Nature's Lore 31 %-6.8 %
  47. Spire Garden 30 %-6.5 %
  48. Harmonize 30 %+13.5 %
  49. Swiftfoot Boots 30 %-3.0 %
  50. Mosswort Bridge 29 %+3.1 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2021-02-05

    If the spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X.

  • 2021-02-05

    If you cast a spell using Svella’s ability, you do so as part of the resolution of that ability. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing permissions based on the card’s type are ignored.

  • 2021-02-05

    If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

  • 2021-02-05

    In some unusual cases, the order of your library will matter as you cast the spell from among the revealed cards. Remember that looking at the top cards of your library doesn’t change their order or allow you to change their order. You don’t put the cards on the bottom of your library until after you are done casting the spell.

  • 2021-02-05

    Snow is a supertype, not a card type. It has no rules meaning or function by itself, but spells and abilities may refer to it.

  • 2021-02-05

    Snow isn’t a type of mana. If an effect says you may spend mana as though it were any type, you can’t pay for {S} using mana that wasn’t produced by a snow source.

  • 2021-02-05

    Some cards have additional effects for each {S} spent to cast them. You can cast these spells even if you don’t spend any snow mana to cast them; their additional effects simply won’t do anything.

  • 2021-02-05

    The Kaldheim set doesn’t have any cards with mana costs that include {S}, but some previous sets do. If an effect says such a spell costs {1} less to cast, that reduction doesn’t apply to any {S} costs. This is also true for activated abilities that include {S} in their activation costs and effects that reduce those costs.

  • 2021-02-05

    The spell you cast with Svella’s last ability is cast from your library.

  • 2021-02-05

    The {S} symbol is a generic mana symbol. It represents a cost that can be paid by one mana that was produced by a snow source. That mana can be any color or colorless.

  • 2021-02-05

    You’ll put the cards you didn’t cast on the bottom of your library before the spell you cast resolves.

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