Ertai's Meddling
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Printing details
- Set
- Tempest
- Released
- October 14, 1997
- Language
- en
- Collector no.
- #61
- Rarity
- rare
Card text
Oracle text — the current official rules text for this card.
X can't be 0.
Target spell's controller exiles it with X delay 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.
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Beginner guide
Card text above uses Oracle text, the current official rules text for this card.
Choose a value for X. This costs that amount, plus one blue mana.
- Mana
- Mana is the resource you spend to cast spells and activate abilities.
- X
- Choose a number for X as you cast the spell. That number becomes part of its cost.
