If you clash with the owner of the targeted creature and win, the owner of the creature decides where to put to card revealed during the clash before you decide whether to put the creature on top of that library. You know the player's decision before you make your decision.
You choose the target when you play Whirlpool Whelm, not when you clash.
If you don't win the clash, the targeted creature always goes to its owner's hand. If you win the clash, you choose whether the creature goes to its owner's hand or the top of its owner's library.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from CMD — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #69 of *Commander 2011*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2011 Commander 2011 release.
Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{U} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Clash.
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #12,695 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Cyril Van Der Haegen. Rarix catalogs 175 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Cyril Van Der Haegen
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