Whirlpool Whelm
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This printing
SetCMD
Collector #69
Released2011-06-17
Raritycommon
ArtistCyril Van Der Haegen
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Whirlpool Whelm

CommonColour IDMV 2
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.)
Keywords
Clash
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2007-10-12Newest 2007-10-12Cheapest priced $0.15 in LRW
Rulings (3)
wotc1 Oct 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.
wotc1 Oct 2007
You choose the target when you play Whirlpool Whelm, not when you clash.
wotc1 Oct 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.