Seizures
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature becomes tapped, this Aura deals 3 damage to that creature's controller unless that player pays 
.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #23451
Seizures is a three-mana black enchantment that drains an opponent for 1 at the start of their upkeep and lets you force a discard — at the cost of 3 life — whenever it matters. The effect is genuinely slow and the life payment is punishing enough that Seizures rarely pulls its weight against anything but dedicated life-drain strategies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Seizures is almost never the right call — one opponent losing 1 life per turn across a 40-life pod is noise, and the discard clause costs you 3 life per activation against players with full hands. Legacy and Vintage have it legal but ignore it entirely; there are strictly better one-for-one discard and drain effects at every price point. Pauper is the one format where Seizures earns a second look, since the card pool is shallow enough that incremental drain can matter in dedicated black control shells.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Seizures sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — demand is too narrow to push the price anywhere. Pick it up if a Pauper drain build calls for it, but don't expect it to appreciate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.