Sulfuric Vortex
Mana cost {1}{R}{R}.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player.
If a player would gain life, that player gains no life instead.
Sulfuric Vortex is a red card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Scourge printing.
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Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €2.07 and €3.86 in that time.
How often Sulfuric Vortex is played
Sulfuric Vortex is maindecked in 5 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (4%), averaging 2.4 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 66 decks that can cast red cards, 5 of them play it (8%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Sulfuric Vortex
- Sligh: Three mana: 2 damage to each player in their upkeep, and no player can gain life. It is a clock against control and switches off the lifegain from Exalted Angel, Ravenous Baloth, Phantom Nishoba, Warmth, Spinning Darkness, Drain Life and the Spike Feeder and Soul Warden loops of Aluren, but it hits you too, so cast it when you are ahead in the race or when their lifegain would decide it. About two thirds of main decks play it, most often three copies.
Tournament decks with Sulfuric Vortex
- Burn: 3rd Place at Bolt the Bird (2× mainboard)
- Red Broccoli Soup: 2nd Place at Liga Premodern Alicante La Casa dei Giochi (2× mainboard)
- Sligh: 1st Place at BCDL Open 5 @ The Warp Gate (2× mainboard)
- Pillar Burn: 5th Place at FNM Lair EDITION (3× mainboard)
- Mono Red Burn: 1st Place at The Old Skull La Plata (3× mainboard)
