Whirlpool Whelm
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
LorwynLRW · #96
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.13 € · ★ 0.32 € · 0.17 $ · ★ 0.97 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Clash with an opponent, then return target creature to its owner's hand. If you win, you may put that creature on top of its owner's library instead. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Cyril Van Der Haegen
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2007-10-12
Rulings
If you clash with the owner of the targeted creature and win, the owner of the creature decides where to put to card revealed during the clash before you decide whether to put the creature on top of that library. You know the player's decision before you make your decision.
If you don't win the clash, the targeted creature always goes to its owner's hand. If you win the clash, you choose whether the creature goes to its owner's hand or the top of its owner's library.
You choose the target when you play Whirlpool Whelm, not when you clash.
