Wrath of the Skies
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Best Served Cold {X}{W}{W}

Wrath of the Skies

Sorcery · Rare · Secret Lair Drop · #2748

You get X {E} (energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {E}. Destroy each artifact, creature, and enchantment with mana value less than or equal to the amount of {E} paid this way.

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SetNumberRarityCard KingdomFoil
Modern Horizons 349Rare$3.99$4.49
Modern Horizons 3325Rare$9.99$32.99Out of stock
Modern Horizons 3397Rare$7.49$13.99
Modern Horizons 3 Promos49sRare—$7.49
Secret Lair Drop (Best Served Cold)2748Rare——
11 rulings from Wizards of the Coast
  1. 7 June 2024Energy 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.
  2. 7 June 2024Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E} 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.
  3. 7 June 2024Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E}. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of {E} as the ability resolves.
  4. 7 June 2024{E} is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
  5. 7 June 2024Some spells and abilities that give you {E} 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 {E}.
  6. 7 June 2024If a permanent on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 when determining its mana value.
  7. 7 June 2024If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
  8. 7 June 2024If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, 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.
  9. 7 June 2024Choosing not to pay any {E} will have the same result as choosing to pay zero {E}. In either of these cases, each artifact, creature, and enchantment with a mana value of 0 will be destroyed.
  10. 7 June 2024Keep 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.)
  11. 7 June 2024Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.