Whirlpool Whelm
Lorwyn 96 • common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Collector number
- 96
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Cyril Van Der Haegen
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
Clash with an opponent, then return target creature to its owner's hand. If you win, you may put that creature on top of its owner's library instead. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Whirlpool Whelm was released in 2007 as part of the Lorwyn expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set drew heavily from Celtic folklore and fairy-tale archetypes, shifting the game's aesthetic away from high fantasy toward a more whimsical, pastoral world. The card itself represents the set's focus on tribal synergies, specifically utilizing the Merfolk creature type which served as a primary blue-aligned tribe within the Lorwyn setting.
The card features artwork by artist Jim Nelson, who has contributed extensively to the game since the late 1990s. His illustration captures the fluid, chaotic motion of a water-based spell, aligning with the design goal of blue-aligned cards to control the battlefield through bounce effects and tempo disruption. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional utility piece in Limited play, valued for its ability to clear lanes for aggressive creatures while simultaneously triggering beneficial 'enter the battlefield' effects for the caster's own units.
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