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    Aether Spike

    Illustrated by Campbell White

    EDHREC Rank #7,455
    Choose target spell. You get energy energy (two energy counters), then you may pay any amount of energy . Counter that spell unless its controller pays 1 generic mana for each energy paid this way.

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

    Rulings (11)

    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.

    Jun 7, 2024

    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.)

    Jun 7, 2024

    energy is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.

    Jun 7, 2024

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    Aether Spike — Modern Horizons 3
    MH3#50$0.17
    Modern Horizons 3
    Aether Spike — Modern Horizons 3
    MH3#398$0.22
    Modern Horizons 3