---
name: "Psychic Vortex"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cumulative upkeep"]
set: "WTH"
set_name: "Weatherlight"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Steve Luke"
oracle_id: "451e35dd-e0b5-4157-8511-bacb315e19bd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/psychic-vortex-wth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Psychic Vortex
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Cumulative upkeep

## Oracle Text
Cumulative upkeep—Draw a card. (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 your end step, sacrifice a land and discard your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mesmeric Trance](/printing/mesmeric-trance-me2.md) — Enchantment
2. [Mana Vortex](/printing/mana-vortex-me3.md) — Enchantment
3. [Survivor of the Unseen](/printing/survivor-of-the-unseen-csp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Phyrexian Etchings](/printing/phyrexian-etchings-plst.md) — Enchantment
5. [Dystopia](/printing/dystopia-me2.md) — Enchantment
6. [Phyrexian Arena](/printing/phyrexian-arena-fdn.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Weatherlight (WTH) #50
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Steve Luke
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`