Catharsis

Catharsis

{4}{R/W}{R/W}Creature — Elemental Incarnation3/4

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When this creature enters, if {W}{W} was spent to cast it, create two 1/1 green and white Kithkin creature tokens.

When this creature enters, if {R}{R} was spent to cast it, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste until end of turn.

Evoke {R/W}{R/W} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

What it does

Tagged as Tokens · Go-wide payoff — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Keyword reminders

Evoke. You may cast this for its evoke cost; if you do, it's sacrificed when it enters. Its enter-the-battlefield trigger still happens.

Official rulings

  1. Catharsis's first and second abilities check to see if at least two mana of the appropriate colors were spent to pay Catharsis's cost. It doesn't matter if more than two mana of that color was spent; the effect isn't multiplied. (2025-11-17)
  2. To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an evoke cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was. (2025-11-17)
  3. If you pay the evoke cost, you can have the creature's own triggered ability or abilities resolve before the evoke triggered ability. You can cast spells after that ability resolves but before you have to sacrifice the creature. (2025-11-17)
  4. If this spell is copied, the copy will not have had any colors of mana paid for it, no matter what colors were spent on the original spell. (2025-11-17)
  5. Catharsis's first and second abilities care about what mana was spent to pay its total cost, not just what mana was spent to pay the hybrid mana symbols in its cost. (2025-11-17)

Printings & prices

Every set Catharsis has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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