Aether Refinery
Artifact
: You get , then you may pay one or more . If you do, create an X/X black Aetherborn creature token, where X is the amount of paid this way.
Avaati Vya's invention stabilized raw aether, but even she didn't know it would also create life.
Legal in
Legacy, Vintage, Commander
Rulings (11)
If two or more effects attempt to modify how many you get (or how many counters you would get), you choose the order to apply those effects, no matter who controls the sources of those effects.
2024-06-07
Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
2024-06-07
If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of , and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any even if you want to.
2024-06-07
Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
2024-06-07