Aether Spike
Instant
Mana cost: {1}{U}
How we read this card
Choose target spell. You get {E}{E} , then you may pay any amount of {E}. Counter that spell unless its controller pays {1} for each {E} paid this way.
on-cast — puts 2 counters on it
on-cast —
- makes counter a spell
Causes: put a counter on anything, counter a spell.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Aether Spike is one).
When Aether Spike is cast:
- Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
- Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
- Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
- Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
- Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
- Harness the Storm — brings a card back
- In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
- Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls
427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Aether Spike is one).
When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Aether Spike:
- Aether Revolt — deals that much damage
- Territorial Gorger — gets +2/+2
- Fabrication Module — puts a counter on a creature
- All Will Be One — deals that much damage
4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Aether Spike is one).
When Aether Spike is cast:
- Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
- Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
- Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
- Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
- Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
- Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
- Master of Winds — triggers
5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.