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You choose which lands to untap as the triggered ability resolves. They aren't targeted, and they don't have to be lands that you control.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #77
Great Whale
usg·#77·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Bob Eggleton
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Oct 1998
28 yr ago
Value
$25.78+$0 (+0.5%)
30 days high $25 · low $25
Volatility · stable
EUR€16.26USD$24.78TIX3.44 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #11,472 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Whale
When this creature enters, untap up to seven lands.
"As a great whale dies, it flips onto its back. And so an island is born."
—Mariners' legend
5/5
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDHlegal
Rulings · 1
Context
Last observed at $24.78, up from $24.65 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.31 and $24.86 across 38 observations. Headline volatility reads stable. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 18 hours ago at $24.78.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from USG — 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.
This card belongs to *Urza's Saga* (released October 1998).
Card #77 in Urza's Saga.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Creature — Whale. Color identity: blue. Mana cost: {5}{U}{U} (7 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.
EDHrec ranks this card #11,472 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Bob Eggleton. Rarix tracks 74 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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