How does cumulative upkeep work in MTG?
Cumulative upkeep is a throwback from older MTG sets that adds an increasing cost to keep a card on the battlefield. Basically, at the beginning of your upkeep, you put an age counter on the card with cumulative upkeep, and then you pay the upkeep cost for each age counter on it. So, if the cost is, say, one mana, you pay one mana when the first counter goes on, two mana when the second counter goes on, and so on. If you can't pay, you have to sacrifice the card. It's like a rental fee that gets more expensive the longer you keep it!
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Honestly, cumulative upkeep is more hassle than it's worth. Just avoid cards with it.
Just think of cumulative upkeep as rent you gotta pay every turn for your card to stay in play. Each turn, this rent increases by the card's cumulative upkeep cost. Don't pay up? Say goodbye to the card.
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