Draining Whelk (Time Spiral) - Gatherer

Draining Whelk

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 4.110 / 5 (82 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Draining Whelk

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Creature - Illusion

Card Text:

Flash (You may play this spell any time you could play an instant.)

Flying

When Draining Whelk comes into play, counter target spell. Put X +1/+1 counters on Draining Whelk, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.

P/T:

1 / 1

Expansion:

Time Spiral

Rarity:

Rare

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Artist:

Mark Tedin

Language:

English

Rulings

3/19/2021	If the target spell is an illegal target by the time Draining Whelk's ability tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't put any counters on Draining Whelk. If the target is legal but the spell can't be countered, you do put counters on Draining Whelk.
3/19/2021	Draining Whelk's ability counters the target spell even if you can't put counters on Draining Whelk, most likely because Draining Whelk left the battlefield before the ability resolved.
3/19/2021	For spells with in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.