Aethertide Whale is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flying When this creature enters, you get six(energy counters). Pay
How it works : Aethertide Whale
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect says you get one or more
, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more , you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of
. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of as the ability resolves.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of
describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of
, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any even if you want to.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
Some spells and abilities that give you
may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any .No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Aethertide Whale + Nissa, Worldsoul Speaker + Panharmonicon
- 1Cast Aethertide Whale by paying eight if able or
otherwise. - 2When Aethertide Whale enters the battlefield, it triggers twice, causing you to get twelve .
- 3Activate Aethertide Whale by paying , returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
Aethertide Whale + Nissa, Worldsoul Speaker + Aether Refinery
- 1Cast Aethertide Whale by paying eight if able or otherwise.
- 2When Aethertide Whale enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get twelve .
- 3Activate Aethertide Whale by paying , returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Lightning Runner + Aethertide Whale + Aether Refinery
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Saheeli triggers, causing you to pay to create a token copy of Aethertide Whale with haste.
- 2When the Aethertide Whale token enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get twelve .
- 3Declare Lightning Runner as an attacker, triggering its ability, causing you to get and then pay eight to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Repeat each combat phase.
Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Lightning Runner + Aethertide Whale + Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Saheeli triggers, causing you to pay to create two token copies of Aethertide Whale with haste.
- 2When the Aethertide Whale tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, causing you to get twelve .
- 3Declare Lightning Runner as an attacker, triggering its ability, causing you to get and then pay eight to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Repeat each combat phase.
Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Lightning Runner + Aethertide Whale + Doubling Season
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Saheeli triggers, causing you to pay to create two token copies of Aethertide Whale with haste.
- 2When the Aethertide Whale tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, causing you to get twelve .
- 3Declare Lightning Runner as an attacker, triggering its ability, causing you to get and then pay eight to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Repeat each combat phase.
Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Lightning Runner + Aethertide Whale + Parallel Lives
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Saheeli triggers, causing you to pay to create two token copies of Aethertide Whale with haste.
- 2When the Aethertide Whale tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, causing you to get twelve .
- 3Declare Lightning Runner as an attacker, triggering its ability, causing you to get and then pay eight to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Repeat each combat phase.
Aethertide Whale + Nissa, Worldsoul Speaker + Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
- 1Cast Aethertide Whale by paying eight if able or otherwise.
- 2When Aethertide Whale enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get twelve .
- 3Activate Aethertide Whale by paying , returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
Aethertide Whale + Nissa, Worldsoul Speaker + Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
- 1Cast Aethertide Whale by paying eight if able or otherwise.
- 2When Aethertide Whale enters the battlefield, it triggers twice, causing you to get twelve .
- 3Activate Aethertide Whale by paying , returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
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