---
name: "Winter's Chill"
mana_cost: "{X}{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ICE"
set_name: "Ice Age"
collector_number: "107"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Edward P. Beard, Jr."
oracle_id: "ae78d498-11c7-427f-9d13-3f1b7096f803"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/winters-chill-ice"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Winter's Chill
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared.
X can't be greater than the number of snow lands you control.
Choose X target attacking creatures. For each of those creatures, its controller may pay {1} or {2}. If that player doesn't, destroy that creature at end of combat. If that player pays only {1}, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this combat.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dead of Winter](/printing/dead-of-winter-mh1.md) — Sorcery
2. [Blizzard Brawl](/printing/blizzard-brawl-khm.md) — Snow Sorcery
3. [Blaze of Glory](/printing/blaze-of-glory-2ed.md) — Instant
4. [Batwing Brume](/printing/batwing-brume-eve.md) — Instant
5. [Frost Bite](/printing/frost-bite-khm.md) — Snow Instant
6. [Rimewind Cryomancer](/printing/rimewind-cryomancer-csp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ice Age (ICE) #107
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- **Total Printings:** 6 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`