Tainted Aether
Enchantment
USGUrza's Saga#161rare
Gix despised the sylvan morass. The gouge that the portal had torn in the forest was the only pleasing sight.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 1997
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 37–110
- Illustrator
- Thomas M. Baxa
- Found in
- Urzas Saga Tournament Pack · Urzas Saga Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Whenever a creature enters, its controller sacrifices a creature or land of their choice.
Plays as: Sacrifice Removal · Token Payoff
Market · per finishspark updated 3h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+12.0%
$15.22
$5.80 low$2.80 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$15.22as of 2026-07-12
+12.0%
H $15.26L $5.08since Feb 2024$5.80
$3.00
$2.80+48% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$8.13· across 3 printings
Rulings
4 · latest Oct 4, 2004 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 4, 2004
If more than one of these is on the battlefield, the controller sacrifices a creature for each one of these.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
If the controller has no other lands or creatures on the battlefield, they must sacrifice the creature that just entered.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
If the creature changes controllers before this ability resolves, its new controller has to sacrifice something.
- WotCOct 4, 2004
Tainted Aether's controller is the one that controls its triggered ability, but the controller of the creature that entered chooses what creature they sacrifice during resolution.