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Tainted Aether

Tainted Aether

{2}{B}{B}

Enchantment

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, its controller sacrifices a creature or land.

Gix despised the sylvan morass. The gouge that the portal had torn in the forest was the only pleasing sight.

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Urza's SagaUrza's Saga#161·Rare·English
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Legality

LegalCommanderNot legalStandardNot legalModernLegalPremodernLegalLegacyLegalVintageNot legalBrawlNot legalPioneer
LegalOathbreaker
Not legalPauperNot legalHistoric
Not legalTimeless

Rulings

Oct 4, 2004

If the creature changes controllers before this ability resolves, its new controller has to sacrifice something.

Oct 4, 2004

If more than one of these is on the battlefield, the controller sacrifices a creature for each one of these.

Oct 4, 2004

If the controller has no other lands or creatures on the battlefield, they must sacrifice the creature that just entered the battlefield.

Oct 4, 2004

Tainted Aether’s controller is the one that controls its triggered ability, but the controller of the creature that entered the battlefield chooses what creature they sacrifice during resolution.