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Enchantment
Legal Salt 1.54Card DrawRank #96
Cumulative upkeep 
(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 
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KeywordsCumulative upkeep
Why is this card good?
Mystic Remora is one of the best one-mana investments in all of Commander, and its ubiquity in cEDH and high-power tables proves it.
The math is brutal: most opponents are casting artifacts, removal, ramp rocks, and card advantage spells constantly, and nobody wants to pay early to deny you a card. In a four-player game, that "tax" effect is hard to navigate — opponents either feed you cards or warp their turns around it. Cast on turn one, Remora often draws 4-8 cards before cumulative upkeep makes it untenable, then you simply let it die.
Wants it: any blue deck, full stop — control, combo, tempo, stax. It's a staple in cEDH where noncreature spell density is highest.
When to skip it: dedicated creature/aristocrats decks where opponents cast few noncreature spells, or grindy battlecruiser tables where people happily pay . It's also a nonbo with slow decks that can't capitalize on early card surplus, but those are rare exceptions — just play it.
early to deny you a card. In a four-player game, that "tax" effect is hard to navigate — opponents either feed you cards or warp their turns around it. Cast on turn one, Remora often draws 4-8 cards before cumulative upkeep makes it untenable, then you simply let it die.
Wants it: any blue deck, full stop — control, combo, tempo, stax. It's a staple in cEDH where noncreature spell density is highest.
When to skip it: dedicated creature/aristocrats decks where opponents cast few noncreature spells, or grindy battlecruiser tables where people happily pay . It's also a nonbo with slow decks that can't capitalize on early card surplus, but those are rare exceptions — just play it.Related cards
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