Any continuous effects with a "for as long as" duration, such as that of Extraction Specialist ignore phased-out objects
Also, at six mana for the Whale, it's very expensive for not a lot of value
You can cast Control Magic to take control of an opposing Purphoros, God of the Forge if its a creature
The wording allows you to either generate a second copy of the same creature from your deck, or grab a completely unrelated creature which happens to share the same total stats
Now the CMC of split cards is always the combined CMC of both halves, EXCEPT while the spell is being cast and on the stack, where only the parts paid for are counted
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