Volatile Stormdrake
Creature — Drake
Rarity
Rare
Mana Cost
Artist
Campbell White
Power / Toughness
3 / 2
Oracle Text
Flying, hexproof from activated and triggered abilities When this creature enters, exchange control of this creature and target creature an opponent controls. If you do, you get
, then sacrifice that creature unless you pay an amount of equal to its mana value.
Rules for this card
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A keyword ability that restricts how a creature may be blocked. See rule 702.9, “Flying.”
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A keyword ability that precludes a permanent or player from being targeted by an opponent. See rule 702.11, “Hexproof.”
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A keyword ability that precludes a permanent or player from being targeted by an opponent. See rule 702.11, “Hexproof.”
Rulings (13)
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Wizards of the CoastEnergy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
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Wizards of the CoastIf 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.
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Wizards of the CoastEnergy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
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Wizards of the CoastIn a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, the effect giving you control of the target creature ends.
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Wizards of the CoastVolatile Stormdrake can't be the target of any activated or triggered abilities your opponents control.
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Wizards of the CoastThe effect of Volatile Stormdrake's last ability lasts indefinitely. It doesn't wear off during the cleanup step, and it doesn't expire if Volatile Stormdrake leaves the battlefield.
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Wizards of the CoastKeep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
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Wizards of the CoastAs Volatile Stormdrake's last ability resolves, Volatile Stormdrake must be on the battlefield and the target creature must be a legal target. If either of these things isn't true, the ability does nothing.
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Wizards of the CoastSome 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.
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Wizards of the Coast is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
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Wizards of the CoastSome spells and abilities that give you may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any .
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Wizards of the CoastIf 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.
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Wizards of the CoastSome 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.