Aether Spike MTG Card

Card setsReleased in 2 setsSee all
Mana cost
Converted mana cost2
RarityCommon
TypeInstant

Text of card

Choose target spell. You get (two energy counters), then you may pay any amount of . Counter that spell unless its controller pays for each paid this way.

"The shield doesn't block the fire physically. It tells the fire to stop." —Genku, future shaper

Text of card Aether Spike

Choose target spell. You get (two energy counters), then you may pay any amount of . Counter that spell unless its controller pays for each paid this way.

"The shield doesn't block the fire physically. It tells the fire to stop." —Genku, future shaper

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Printings

The Aether Spike Magic the Gathering card was released in 1 different sets between 2024-06-14 and 2024-06-14. Illustrated by Campbell White.

#ReleasedNameCodeSymbolNumberFrameLayoutBorderArtist
12024-06-14Modern Horizons 3MH3 502015NormalBlackCampbell White
22024-06-14Modern Horizons 3MH3 3981997NormalBlackCampbell White

Legalities

Magic the Gathering formats where Aether Spike has restrictions

FormatLegality
CommanderLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
PaupercommanderLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PauperLegal
VintageLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal

Rules and information

The reference guide for Magic: The Gathering Aether Spike card rulings provides official rulings, any errata issued, as well as a record of all the functional modifications that have occurred.

Date Text
2024-06-07 Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
2024-06-07 Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
2024-06-07 If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of , and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any even if you want to.
2024-06-07 If an effect says you get one or more , you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more , you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
2024-06-07 Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
2024-06-07 Some spells and abilities that give you may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any .
2024-06-07 Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of . You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of as the ability resolves.
2024-06-07 Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
2024-06-07 You choose the target spell as you cast Aether Spike. You don't choose how much  to pay until Aether Spike is resolving. No player may take actions between the time you choose how much  to pay and the time the target spell's controller chooses whether or not to pay for each  paid this way.
2024-06-07 You may pay zero . You will get , and the target spell will resolve as long as its controller chooses to pay . In most cases, this won't be a difficult choice for them.
2024-06-07 is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.