---
name: "Dystopia"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cumulative upkeep"]
set: "WC97"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 1997"
collector_number: "js47sb"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ruth Thompson"
oracle_id: "d0e6203b-cef2-470f-8c79-7b139290e2d5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dystopia-wc97"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dystopia
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Cumulative upkeep

## Oracle Text
Cumulative upkeep—Pay 1 life. (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.)
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a green or white permanent of their choice.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Infernal Darkness](/printing/infernal-darkness-me2.md) — Enchantment
2. [Wave of Terror](/printing/wave-of-terror-wth.md) — Enchantment
3. [Doom Foretold](/printing/doom-foretold-eld.md) — Enchantment
4. [Phyrexian Etchings](/printing/phyrexian-etchings-plst.md) — Enchantment
5. [Ritual of Subdual](/printing/ritual-of-subdual-me2.md) — Enchantment
6. [Heart of Bogardan](/printing/heart-of-bogardan-wth.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 1997 (WC97) #js47sb
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ruth Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`