Ethereal Forager

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Ethereal Forager: Creature - Elemental Whale, Commander 2020. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Elemental Whale
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
34
Artist
Nicholas Gregory
Commander rank
19,418 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Delve, Flying

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About Ethereal Forager

Ethereal Forager is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 34 in that set, with art by Nicholas Gregory. It costs {4}{U}{U} (four generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Commander 2020 is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)

Flying

Whenever this creature attacks, you may return an instant or sorcery card exiled with this creature to its owner's hand.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Ethereal Forager by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Ethereal Forager, newest first.

  • You can exile cards to pay only for generic mana, and you can’t exile more cards than the generic mana requirement of a spell with delve. For example, you can’t exile more than seven cards from your graveyard to cast Treasure Cruise unless an effect has increased its cost.
  • Because delve isn’t an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs, such as flashback. It can also be used to pay for additional costs that include generic mana.
  • Delve doesn’t change a spell’s mana cost or mana value. For example, Treasure Cruise’s mana value is 8 even if you exiled three cards to cast it.
  • After Ethereal Forager’s triggered ability resolves, players will have priority to cast spells (such as the card you returned to your hand, if it’s legal to do so) before blockers are declared.
  • If Ethereal Forager leaves the battlefield while its triggered ability is on the stack, that ability can still find the cards exiled with Ethereal Forager’s delve ability.

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