TYPE
Enchantment

ABILITY
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, its controller sacrifices a creature or land.

FLAVOR TEXT
Gix despised the sylvan morass. The gouge that the portal had torn in the forest was the only pleasing sight.

ILLUSTRATOR
Thomas M. Baxa

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
EN FR DE ES IT PT ZH-CN ZH-TW JP KR

RULINGS

• 2004-10-04 Tainted Aether’s controller is the one that controls its triggered ability, but the controller of the creature that entered the battlefield chooses what creature they sacrifice during resolution.
• 2004-10-04 If the creature changes controllers before this ability resolves, its new controller has to sacrifice something.
• 2004-10-04 If the controller has no other lands or creatures on the battlefield, they must sacrifice the creature that just entered the battlefield.
• 2004-10-04 If more than one of these is on the battlefield, the controller sacrifices a creature for each one of these.