Ertai's Meddling
Instant
Mana cost: {X}{U}
How we read this card
X can't be 0.
Target spell's controller exiles it with X delay counters on it.
on-cast —
- makes exile a spell
- makes a spell leaves the battlefield
on-cast — puts X counters on it
At the beginning of each of that player's upkeeps, if that card is exiled, remove a delay counter from it. If the card has no delay counters on it, the player puts it onto the stack as a copy of the original spell.
triggered —
triggered — copies a spell
- makes copy a spell
Causes: exile a spell, a spell leaves the battlefield, put a counter on anything, remove a counter from anything, copy a spell.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
a spell is copied — 122 cards in the game can cause this (Ertai's Meddling is one).
When Ertai's Meddling is copied:
- Parnesse, the Subtle Brush — copies a spell
- The Twelfth Doctor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Curse of Shaken Faith — deals 2 damage
anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Ertai's Meddling is one).
- The War Doctor — When a spell is exiled thanks to Ertai's Meddling, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Ertai's Meddling is one).
When Ertai's Meddling is cast:
- Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
- 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
- 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 (Ertai's Meddling is one).
- All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Ertai's Meddling, All Will Be One deals that much damage
7 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 (Ertai's Meddling is one).
When Ertai's Meddling 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.