Aether Rift
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This printing
SetINV
Collector #227
Released2000-10-02
Rarityrare
ArtistHeather Hudson
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Aether Rift

RareColour IDMV 3
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, discard a card at random. If you discard a creature card this way, return it from your graveyard to the battlefield unless any player pays 5 life.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (2)
wotc1 Oct 2009
The card is actually discarded, so anything which triggers on a discard will trigger. Such abilities will wait to go on the stack until after this ability has completely resolved.
wotc1 Oct 2009
First, the card is discarded. Then, in turn order, each player is given the option to pay 5 life. Then, if no player paid 5 life, the card is put onto the battlefield from the graveyard.