Printings
Whirlpool Whelm
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Lorwyn (LRW)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 96
Oracle 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.)
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 1, 2007
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.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2007
You choose the target when you play Whirlpool Whelm, not when you clash.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2007
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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