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Manaplasm

{2}{G}

Creature — Ooze

ALAShards of Alara#138rare
Foil

Urak froze when he heard it. That was his first mistake. He turned and cast a dramatic ward spell. That was his last.

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Daarken
Found in
Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Whenever you cast a spell, this creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that spell's mana value.
1/1
Market · per finishspark updated 54m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-3.0%
$0.32
$0.11 low$0.08 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.97
$0.68 low-$0.02 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.20· across 2 printings

Rulings

2 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    Mana value takes into account only the mana symbols printed in the upper right corner of the card. Manaplasm doesn't care about additional costs, alternative costs, cost-reduction effects, or what you actually paid to cast the spell.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    While a spell with {X} in its cost is on the stack, its mana value takes the chosen value of X into account. For example, if you cast Blaze (a spell with the mana cost {X}{R}) and choose a value of 5 for that X, then your Manaplasm will get +6/+6 until end of turn.