Tainted Aether
Urza's Saga (USG) #161 · Rare · Enchantment
Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}
Whenever a creature enters, its controller sacrifices a creature or land of their choice.
Gix despised the sylvan morass. The gouge that the portal had torn in the forest was the only pleasing sight.
Illustrated by Thomas M. Baxa · Released October 12, 1998
Prices
- Nonfoil: $20.28 USD · €6.86 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $2.36 USD (13.2%) to $20.28 USD; low $17.92 USD, high $20.28 USD.
Printings
- Seventh Edition #167 (7ED) · Rare · 2001 · $8.33 USD
- Seventh Edition #167★ (7ED) · Rare · 2001 · $150.73 USD foil
- Urza's Saga #161 (this printing) · Rare · 1998 · $20.28 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — If more than one of these is on the battlefield, the controller sacrifices a creature for each one of these.
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — If the controller has no other lands or creatures on the battlefield, they must sacrifice the creature that just entered.
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — 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.
- 2004-10-04 · wotc — If the creature changes controllers before this ability resolves, its new controller has to sacrifice something.