Card

The Lunar Whale

Mana cost {3}{U}

Legendary Artifact — Vehicle 3/5

Flying You may look at the top card of your library any time. As long as The Lunar Whale attacked this turn, you may play the top card of your library. Crew 1

No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 186 known combos. 4 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Rare · FIN · #60
Cheapest printing
€0.19
EDHREC salt
0.34
Color identity
Blue
Keywords
Flying, Crew

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

186 known combos.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast
    If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.
  • 2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast
    You must follow all normal timing rules for spells cast and lands played using the third ability and must pay all costs for spells cast this way. To cast a spell this way, you may choose to pay any alternative costs or optional additional costs the spell may have (such as a kicker cost). You must pay any mandatory additional costs.
  • 2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast
    The top card of your library isn't in your hand, so you can't cycle it, discard it, or activate any of its abilities that could be activated from your hand.
  • 2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast
    The Lunar Whale lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction—see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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