Cumulative upkeep {1} (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, this enchantment deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures, where X is the number of age counters on it.
Mana cost
2
R
R
Mana value
4
Printings
From
$0.13
EDHREC rank
#29840
Buy
Formats
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Rulings
15 Jul 2006
Each target must be assigned at least 1 damage.
15 Jul 2006
The damage is divided when Magmatic Core’s ability triggers. Increasing or decreasing the number of age counters on Magmatic Core after the ability triggers but before it resolves has no effect on the amount of damage that’s dealt.
15 Jul 2006
If Magmatic Core has no age counters on it, the only number of targets the ability can have is zero.
12 Jul 2019
You can choose zero targets. In this case, Magmatic Core deals no damage.