First printed in Urza's Saga (1998)
All 3 prints
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Seventh Edition (7ED) #167, 2001
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Seventh Edition (7ED) #167★, 2001
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Urza's Saga (USG) #161, 1998
Tainted Aether 
Enchantment
Whenever a creature enters, its controller sacrifices a creature or land of their choice.
Gix despised the sylvan morass. The gouge that the portal had torn in the forest was the only pleasing sight.
- Illustrated by
- Thomas M. Baxa
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (4)
- If more than one of these is on the battlefield, the controller sacrifices a creature for each one of these.
- If the controller has no other lands or creatures on the battlefield, they must sacrifice the creature that just entered.
- Tainted Aether's controller is the one that controls its triggered ability, but the controller of the creature that entered chooses what creature they sacrifice during resolution.
- If the creature changes controllers before this ability resolves, its new controller has to sacrifice something.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.06 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).