Star Whale

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Star Whale: Creature - Alien Whale, Doctor Who. Flying, vigilance. Other creatures you control have ward 2. Suspend 6-1U. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{6}{U}{U}
Mana value
8
Type
Creature - Alien Whale
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
8/8
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
55
Artist
Simon Dominic
Commander rank
6,103 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Suspend, Vigilance

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About Star Whale

Star Whale is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 55 in that set, with art by Simon Dominic. It costs {6}{U}{U} (six generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. It is a 8/8 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying, vigilance

Other creatures you control have ward {2}.

Suspend 6-{1}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{U} and exile it with six time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.25 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Star Whale by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Star Whale

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #660Uncommon2023

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Star Whale, newest first.

  • The mana value of a spell cast without paying its mana cost is determined by its mana cost, even though that cost wasn't paid.
  • Cards exiled with suspend are exiled face up.
  • Due to a recent rules change to suspend, you are no longer required to cast the suspended card as the second triggered ability of suspend resolves. Instead, as the second triggered ability resolves, you may cast the card. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored. If you don't cast the card, it remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.
  • Exiling a card with suspend isn't casting that card. This action doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
  • If an effect refers to a "suspended card," that means a card that (1) has suspend, (2) is in exile, and (3) has one or more time counters on it.
  • If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If the first triggered ability of suspend (the one that removes time counters) is countered, no time counter is removed. The ability will trigger again at the beginning of the card's owner's next upkeep.
  • If the second triggered ability is countered, the card can't be cast. It remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.

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