Whirlpool Whelm

Mana cost

Mana value2TypeInstant Color identity

Blue RarityCommon SetCommander 2011 (CMD) ArtistCyril Van Der Haegen Price€0.18 · $0.20

About this card

Whirlpool Whelm is an instant card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 2 (color identity: blue). First printed in Lorwyn (2007); 2 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: removal. Legal in Commander, Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Pauper. Cheapest printing: €0.15 (Lorwyn); most expensive: €0.18 (Commander 2011).

Whirlpool Whelm

Instant

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.)

Name in each language

FrançaisSubmersion dans le tourbillonEnglishWhirlpool WhelmEspañolSumergir en el remolinoDeutschAbkippender StrudelItalianoVortice TravolgentePortuguêsInundar em Redemoinho日本語渦巻沈め

Clash

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperLegalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulNot legal

Rulings

2007-10-01
You choose the target when you play Whirlpool Whelm, not when you clash.

2007-10-01
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.

2007-10-01
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.