Aether Spike
Instant
"The shield doesn't block the fire physically. It tells the fire to stop." —Genku, future shaper
Legal in
Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper, Brawl, Historic
Rulings (11)
You choose the target spell as you cast Aether Spike. You don't choose how much to pay until Aether Spike is resolving. No player may take actions between the time you choose how much to pay and the time the target spell's controller chooses whether or not to pay for each paid this way.
2024-06-07
If an effect says you get one or more , you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more , you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
2024-06-07
Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of . You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of as the ability resolves.
2024-06-07
You may pay zero . You will get , and the target spell will resolve as long as its controller chooses to pay . In most cases, this won't be a difficult choice for them.
2024-06-07