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Commander 2015

Aethersnatch

Instant

Gain control of target spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell becomes a permanent, it enters under your control.)
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Color profile

Color identity

  • Blue

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Legality

TLR
Duel
Brawl
Penny
PreDH
Future
Legacy
Modern
Pauper
Alchemy
Pioneer
Vintage
Historic
Standard
Timeless
Commander
Gladiator
Old School
Premodern
Oathbreaker
Standard Brawl
Pauper Commander
Competitive Brawl

Official notes

Rulings

5
  1. Wizards of the Coast

    Aethersnatch can target any spell, even one without targets.

  2. Wizards of the Coast

    If you gain control of an instant or sorcery spell, it will be put into its owner’s graveyard as it resolves.

  3. Wizards of the Coast

    You may change any or none of the spell’s targets. If you change a target, you must choose a legal target for the spell. If you can’t, you must leave the target unchanged (even if the current target is illegal). Notably, if you were originally chosen as a “target opponent” for a spell you gain control with Aethersnatch, you are now an illegal target as you aren’t your own opponent.

  4. Wizards of the Coast

    Combat damage dealt by a commander is tracked without regard to who controlled the commander at the time it dealt damage. For example, say a commander deals 10 combat damage to a player, leaves the battlefield, is recast, and you gain control of it with Aethersnatch. If it deals another 11 combat damage to that same player, they will lose the game.

  5. Wizards of the Coast

    If you gain control of a commander spell, the commander’s owner chooses whether to put it in the command zone if it later leaves the battlefield.

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