Question 1

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: Chthonian Nightmare's last ability must have a target to be activated. You can't...

Accepted Answer

Chthonian Nightmare's last ability must have a target to be activated. You can't activate it without a target in order to return Chthonian Nightmare to your hand.

Question 2

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To...

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 3

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E} d...

Accepted Answer

Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E} describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.

Question 4

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: {E} is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.

Accepted Answer

{E} is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.

Question 5

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some am...

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E}. You c...

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track ...

Accepted Answer

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.)

Question 8

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: If a card in your graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 when determining it...

Accepted Answer

If a card in your graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 when determining its mana value.

Question 9

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: Some spells and abilities that give you {E} may require targets. If each target ...

Accepted Answer

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}.

Question 10

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end,...

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 11

Ruling for Chthonian Nightmare: Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associ...

Accepted Answer

Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.

Set	#	Rarity	Lang	Artist	Price	Foil
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#406	rare	en	Josu Solano	$0.98	$3.51
Modern Horizons 3 Promos (PMH3)	#83s	rare	en	Josu Solano	—	$1.64
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#83	rare	en	Josu Solano	$0.59	$0.88
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#330	rare	en	Thomas M. Baxa	$3.77	$9.37
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#406	rare	de	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#330	rare	de	Thomas M. Baxa	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#83	rare	de	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#83	rare	es	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#406	rare	es	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#330	rare	es	Thomas M. Baxa	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#406	rare	fr	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#83	rare	fr	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#330	rare	fr	Thomas M. Baxa	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#83	rare	it	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#330	rare	it	Thomas M. Baxa	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#406	rare	it	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#83	rare	ja	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#330	rare	ja	Thomas M. Baxa	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#406	rare	ja	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#83	rare	pt	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#406	rare	pt	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#330	rare	pt	Thomas M. Baxa	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#406	rare	zhs	Josu Solano	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#330	rare	zhs	Thomas M. Baxa	—	—
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)	#83	rare	zhs	Josu Solano	—	—

Chthonian Nightmare

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