---
name: "Krovikan Whispers"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Enchant", "Cumulative upkeep"]
set: "CSP"
set_name: "Coldsnap"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Nick Percival"
oracle_id: "4baf3db8-6f35-4101-9b21-15f4384c249a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/krovikan-whispers-csp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Krovikan Whispers
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant, Cumulative upkeep

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Cumulative upkeep {U} or {B} (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.)
You control enchanted creature.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose 2 life for each age counter on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mana Chains](/printing/mana-chains-wth.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Mind Harness](/printing/mind-harness-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Maddening Wind](/printing/maddening-wind-ice.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Brand of Ill Omen](/printing/brand-of-ill-omen-ice.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Decomposition](/printing/decomposition-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Mystic Might](/printing/mystic-might-ice.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Coldsnap (CSP) #39
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Nick Percival
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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