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Whirlwind Technique

four generic manaone blue manaone blue manaInstant — Lesson

Card text

Target player draws two cards, then discards a card.

Airbend up to two target creatures. (To airbend a creature, exile it. While it's exiled, its owner may cast it for two generic mana rather than its mana cost.)

Airbenders employ negative jing in combat, preferring to blow their opponents back instead of fighting.

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Price

0.20 $

Foil 1.72 $

4 printings

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Whirlwind Technique rulings

  • To airbend one or more permanents and/or spells means to exile each of those objects. For each card exiled this way, for as long as it's exiled, its owner may cast it from exile by paying two generic mana rather than paying its mana cost.

  • Lands exiled this way cannot be played from exile. (Lands that were animated by earthbend will be returned to the battlefield tapped when they're exiled.)

  • If the spell you cast has X generic mana in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X.

  • Tokens exiled this way will cease to exist and cannot be cast.

  • Since you are using an alternative cost to cast a spell from exile this way, you can't pay any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.

Whirlwind Technique format legality

Constructed

  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerNot legal
  • ModernNot legal
  • Future StandardNot legal

Eternal

  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperNot legal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal

Commander

  • CommanderLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • PreDHNot legal

Arena & online

  • HistoricLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • BrawlLegal
  • Standard BrawlNot legal
  • Competitive BrawlLegal

Other

  • TLRNot legal

All printings of Whirlwind Technique 4

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