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Icebreaker Kraken

Icebreaker Kraken

{10}{U}{U}
Snow Creature — Kraken

Affinity for snow lands (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each snow land you control.)

When this creature enters, artifacts and creatures target opponent controls don't untap during that player's next untap step.

Return three snow lands you control to their owner's hand: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

8/8

Illustrated by Chris Cold

Formats
Not Legalstandard
Legalhistoric
Legaltimeless
Legalpioneer
Legalmodern
Legallegacy
Not Legalpauper
Legalvintage
Legalpenny
Legalcommander
Legaloathbreaker
Legalbrawl
Not Legalalchemy

This printing

Number#63s
RarityRare
ReleasedFeb 5, 2021
EDHREC rank#7,700

Prices

USD foil$2.56
EUR foil€1.25
Rulings (9)
  • 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.

    Feb 5, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast
  • 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.

    Feb 5, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast
  • 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.

    Feb 5, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Once you announce that you're activating the last ability, no player may take actions until the ability has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to stop you from activating it by removing your snow lands.

    Feb 5, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast
  • No artifacts or creatures controlled by the player affected by Icebreaker Kraken's enters-the-battlefield ability will untap during that player's next untap step, even if they were untapped as the ability resolved or that player didn't control them at that time.

    Feb 5, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Icebreaker Kraken). The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

    Feb 5, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast
  • 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.

    Feb 5, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast
  • 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.

    Feb 5, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Icebreaker Kraken's enters-the-battlefield ability won't tap any artifacts or creatures.

    Feb 5, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast

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