Ether
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- Final Fantasy #53 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.16 USD
{T}, Exile this artifact: Add {U}. When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Ether has 1 printing, first in Final Fantasy (2025). EDHREC ranks it #13,761 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell decks (601 on EDHREC). It has 8 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Ether most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell: 601 decks
- Tellah, Great Sage: 217 decks
- Shantotto, Tactician Magician: 118 decks
- Errant, Street Artist: 43 decks
- Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus: 42 decks
- Quistis Trepe: 15 decks
- Locke Cole: 10 decks
- Madame Web, Clairvoyant: 2 decks
Often played with Ether
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy will have the same value of X.
- : After Ether's ability resolves, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast that turn will be copied whether or not it has targets and whether or not you spent the mana added by Ether's ability on that spell.
- : You can't choose to pay any additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.
- : If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.
- : If the copied spell divides damage or distributes counters among a number of targets, the division and number of targets can't be changed. If you choose new targets, you must choose the same number of targets.
- : The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
- : If the spell has any targets, the copy will have the same targets unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. The new targets must be legal.
- : Ether's ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.