---
name: "Pursued Whale"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}{U}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Whale"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "732"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jonathan Kuo"
oracle_id: "6de2d53c-06e3-4c56-a5cf-c9cb2db42527"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pursued-whale-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pursued Whale
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}{U}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Whale

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, each opponent creates a 1/1 red Pirate creature token with "This token can't block" and "Creatures you control attack each combat if able."
Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost {3} more to cast.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Waker of Waves](/printing/waker-of-waves-m21.md) — Creature — Whale
2. [Phase Dolphin](/printing/phase-dolphin-iko.md) — Creature — Elemental Whale
3. [Great Whale](/printing/great-whale-usg.md) — Creature — Whale
4. [Killer Whale](/printing/killer-whale-tpr.md) — Creature — Whale
5. [Colossal Whale](/printing/colossal-whale-m14.md) — Creature — Whale
6. [Aethertide Whale](/printing/aethertide-whale-aer.md) — Creature — Whale

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #732
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jonathan Kuo

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-06-23)* To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases (such as that of Pursued Whale), then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- *(2020-06-23)* If a creature affected by the Pirate token can't attack for any reason (such as being tapped or having come under that player's control that turn), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, the player isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.