1Cast any noncreature spell from your hand by paying its mana cost, or wait for an opponent to cast one.
2Holding priority, cast Draining Whelk by paying .
3Draining Whelk enters the battlefield, exiling the spell and causing you to cast the spell from exile without paying its mana cost due to Guile, and putting a number of +1/+1 counters on Draining Whelk equal to the spell's mana value.