Ethereal Forager
Creature — Elemental Whale3/3$0.27
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .) Flying Whenever this creature attacks, you may return an instant or sorcery card exiled with this creature to its owner's hand.
Legal in Commander
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Rewards
Combos 12
Ethereal Forager + Chulane, Teller of Tales + Time Warp
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
All permanents do not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Declare Ethereal Forager as an attacker. Ethereal Forager triggers, returning Time Warp from exile to your hand. Activate Chulane by paying {3} and tapping it, returning Ethereal Forager to your hand from the battlefield. Move to your postcombat main phase. Cast Time Warp by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Cast Ethereal Forager by paying {3}{U}{U} and exiling Time Warp from your graveyard. Chulane triggers, causing you to draw a card and allowing you to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat each turn.
Ethereal Forager + Chulane, Teller of Tales + Capture of Jingzhou
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
All permanents do not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Declare Ethereal Forager as an attacker. Ethereal Forager triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from exile to your hand. Activate Chulane by paying {3} and tapping it, returning Ethereal Forager to your hand from the battlefield. Move to your postcombat main phase. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Cast Ethereal Forager by paying {3}{U}{U} and exiling Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard. Chulane triggers, causing you to draw a card and allowing you to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat each turn.
Ethereal Forager + Chulane, Teller of Tales + Temporal Manipulation
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
All permanents do not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Declare Ethereal Forager as an attacker. Ethereal Forager triggers, returning Temporal Manipulation from exile to your hand. Activate Chulane by paying {3} and tapping it, returning Ethereal Forager to your hand from the battlefield. Move to your postcombat main phase. Cast Temporal Manipulation by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Cast Ethereal Forager by paying {3}{U}{U} and exiling Temporal Manipulation from your graveyard. Chulane triggers, causing you to draw a card and allowing you to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat each turn.
Ethereal Forager + Chulane, Teller of Tales + Walk the Aeons
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
All permanents do not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Declare Ethereal Forager as an attacker. Ethereal Forager triggers, returning Walk the Aeons from exile to your hand. Activate Chulane by paying {3} and tapping it, returning Ethereal Forager to your hand from the battlefield. Move to your postcombat main phase. Cast Walk the Aeons by paying {4}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Cast Ethereal Forager by paying {3}{U}{U} and exiling Walk the Aeons from your graveyard. Chulane triggers, causing you to draw a card and allowing you to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat each turn.
Ethereal Forager + Meticulous Excavation + Temporal Manipulation
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Ethereal Forager does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Declare Ethereal Forager as an attacker. Ethereal Forager triggers, returning Temporal Manipulation from exile to your hand. Activate Termur Sabertooth by paying {2}{W}, returning Ethereal Forager to your hand from the battlefield. Move to your postcombat main phase. Cast Temporal Manipulation by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Cast Ethereal Forager by paying {3}{U}{U} and exiling Temporal Manipulation from your graveyard. Chulane triggers, causing you to draw a card and allowing you to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat each turn.
Ethereal Forager + Meticulous Excavation + Walk the Aeons
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Ethereal Forager does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Declare Ethereal Forager as an attacker. Ethereal Forager triggers, returning Walk the Aeons from exile to your hand. Activate Termur Sabertooth by paying {2}{W}, returning Ethereal Forager to your hand from the battlefield. Move to your postcombat main phase. Cast Walk the Aeons by paying {4}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Cast Ethereal Forager by paying {3}{U}{U} and exiling Walk the Aeons from your graveyard. Chulane triggers, causing you to draw a card and allowing you to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat each turn.
Ethereal Forager + Meticulous Excavation + Time Warp
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Ethereal Forager does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Declare Ethereal Forager as an attacker. Ethereal Forager triggers, returning Time Warp from exile to your hand. Activate Termur Sabertooth by paying {2}{W}, returning Ethereal Forager to your hand from the battlefield. Move to your postcombat main phase. Cast Time Warp by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Cast Ethereal Forager by paying {3}{U}{U} and exiling Time Warp from your graveyard. Chulane triggers, causing you to draw a card and allowing you to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat each turn.
Ethereal Forager + Temur Sabertooth + Walk the Aeons
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Ethereal Forager does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Declare Ethereal Forager as an attacker. Ethereal Forager triggers, returning Walk the Aeons from exile to your hand. Activate Termur Sabertooth by paying {1}{G}, returning Ethereal Forager to your hand from the battlefield. Move to your postcombat main phase. Cast Walk the Aeons by paying {4}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Cast Ethereal Forager by paying {3}{U}{U} and exiling Walk the Aeons from your graveyard. Chulane triggers, causing you to draw a card and allowing you to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat each turn.
Ethereal Forager + Meticulous Excavation + Capture of Jingzhou
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Ethereal Forager does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Declare Ethereal Forager as an attacker. Ethereal Forager triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from exile to your hand. Activate Termur Sabertooth by paying {2}{W}, returning Ethereal Forager to your hand from the battlefield. Move to your postcombat main phase. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Cast Ethereal Forager by paying {3}{U}{U} and exiling Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard. Chulane triggers, causing you to draw a card and allowing you to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat each turn.
Ethereal Forager + Temur Sabertooth + Capture of Jingzhou
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Ethereal Forager does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Declare Ethereal Forager as an attacker. Ethereal Forager triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from exile to your hand. Activate Termur Sabertooth by paying {1}{G}, returning Ethereal Forager to your hand from the battlefield. Move to your postcombat main phase. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Cast Ethereal Forager by paying {3}{U}{U} and exiling Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard. Chulane triggers, causing you to draw a card and allowing you to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat each turn.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Felix Five-BootsFelix Five-Boots copies your triggered abilities, which Ethereal Forager can use because it has an attack trigger.
- Mister FantasticMister Fantastic copies your triggered abilities, which Ethereal Forager can use because it has an attack trigger.
- Najeela, the Blade-BlossomNajeela, the Blade-Blossom has extra combat phases, which Ethereal Forager can use because it has an attack trigger.
- Bruce Banner // The Incredible HulkBruce Banner // The Incredible Hulk has extra combat phases, which Ethereal Forager can use because it has an attack trigger.
- Stockman, Mad Fly-entistStockman, Mad Fly-entist fills your graveyard, which Ethereal Forager can use because it counts cards in your graveyard.
- Ulalek, Fused AtrocityUlalek, Fused Atrocity copies your triggered abilities, which Ethereal Forager can use because it has an attack trigger.
- Omnath, Locus of the RoilEthereal Forager is an Elemental, which Omnath, Locus of the Roil can use.
- Ashling, the LimitlessEthereal Forager is an Elemental, which Ashling, the Limitless can use.
- Horde of NotionsEthereal Forager is an Elemental, which Horde of Notions can use.
- Mass of MysteriesEthereal Forager is an Elemental, which Mass of Mysteries can use.