Whirler Virtuoso
Whirler Virtuoso: Creature - Vedalken Artificer, Aetherdrift Commander. When this creature enters, you get Energy Energy Energy . On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Vedalken Artificer
- Colour identity
- Blue and red (UR)
- Power / toughness
- 2/3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
- Released
- 2025-02-14
- Collector number
- 122
- Artist
- Lake Hurwitz
- Commander rank
- 5,847 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Whirler Virtuoso
Whirler Virtuoso is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue and red creature from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 122 in that set, with art by Lake Hurwitz. It costs {1}{U}{R} (one generic, one blue and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Kaladesh (2016) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When this creature enters, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters).
Pay {E}{E}{E}: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
The first tentative flaps are like a song to his soul.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Whirler Virtuoso by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Whirler Virtuoso
Whirler Virtuoso has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #278 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #215 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Kaladesh (KLD) #190 | Uncommon | 2016 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Whirler Virtuoso, newest first.
- If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
- Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E}. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of {E} as the ability resolves.
- If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
- Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
- Some spells and abilities that give you {E} may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any {E}.
- Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
- {E} is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
- Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Whirler Virtuoso is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.