Creature — Illusion
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, counter target spell. Put X +1/+1 counters on this creature, where X is that spell's mana value.
1/1
Card details
- Shown printing
- Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Color identity
- Blue
- Colors
- Blue
- Mana value
- 6
- Keywords
- Flying, Flash
- First released
- October 6, 2006
- Printings
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #13503 on EDHREC
- Market price
- $0.44 (cheapest printing, updated weekly)
Legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
- GladiatorNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- FutureNot legal
Rulings (3)
Draining Whelk's ability counters the target spell even if you can't put counters on Draining Whelk, most likely because Draining Whelk left the battlefield before the ability resolved.
For spells with
in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.If the target spell is an illegal target by the time Draining Whelk's ability tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't put any counters on Draining Whelk. If the target is legal but the spell can't be countered, you do put counters on Draining Whelk.
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