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Ethereal Forager

Commander 2020 (C20)

{4}{U}{U}

Creature — Elemental Whale

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Flying Whenever this creature attacks, you may return an instant or sorcery card exiled with this creature to its owner's hand.
Plays as
Attack Trigger
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal

Used in 12 known combosEDHREC #18,981

Versions

1 printing · from $0.33

Commander 2020
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Rulings

5 · latest Mar 19, 2021
  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    Because delve isn’t an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs, such as flashback. It can also be used to pay for additional costs that include generic mana.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    Delve doesn’t change a spell’s mana cost or mana value. For example, Treasure Cruise’s mana value is 8 even if you exiled three cards to cast it.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    You can exile cards to pay only for generic mana, and you can’t exile more cards than the generic mana requirement of a spell with delve. For example, you can’t exile more than seven cards from your graveyard to cast Treasure Cruise unless an effect has increased its cost.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    After Ethereal Forager’s triggered ability resolves, players will have priority to cast spells (such as the card you returned to your hand, if it’s legal to do so) before blockers are declared.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    If Ethereal Forager leaves the battlefield while its triggered ability is on the stack, that ability can still find the cards exiled with Ethereal Forager’s delve ability.