Card text
Choose target spell. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {E}. Counter that spell unless its controller pays {1} for each {E} paid this way.
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Mana cost
{1}{U}
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Card text
Choose target spell. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {E}. Counter that spell unless its controller pays {1} for each {E} paid this way.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Aether Spike
This page covers the retro frame printing of Aether Spike (398), an Blue Instant from Modern Horizons 3 (MH3). It is printed at Common rarity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander and 5 more formats.
We track no other printing of 398 in this set, so there is no base card here to compare its price with.
Modern Horizons 3 is a reprint set, which collects earlier cards, released June 2024.
Choose target spell. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {E}. Counter that spell unless its controller pays {1} for each {E} paid this way.
Card details
- Card number
- 398
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
- Set type
- Masters & special set
- Released
- 14 June 2024
- Rarity
- Common (C)
- Printing
- Retro Frame
- Type line
- Instant
- Colour
- Blue
- Colour identity
- Blue
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Aether Spike
Other printings of Aether Spike in Modern Horizons 3
The same card in other art and frames from this set — priced in the United States.
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