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Needle Spires

Land

OGWOath of the Gatewatch#175rare
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1449
Illustrator
Jonas De Ro
Found in
Oath of the Gatewatch MTGO Redemption Foil · Oath of the Gatewatch MTGO Redemption · Oath of the Gatewatch Booster Pack
Printings9EDHREC rank#5,418
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. {2}{R}{W}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 2/1 red and white Elemental creature with double strike. It's still a land.
Plays as:
Mana FixerCreature Land
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil0.0%
$0.34
$0.10 low$0.05 gapTCGplayer
Foil0.0%
$0.24
$0.21 low$0.09 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.24· across 9 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

4 · latest Jan 22, 2016
  • WotCJan 22, 2016

    A land that becomes a creature may be affected by "summoning sickness." You can't attack with it or use any of its {T} abilities (including its mana abilities) unless it began your most recent turn on the battlefield under your control. Note that summoning sickness cares about when that permanent came under your control, not when it became a creature nor when it entered the battlefield.

  • WotCJan 22, 2016

    An ability that turns a land into a creature also sets that creature's power and toughness. If the land was already a creature (for example, if it was the target of a spell with awaken), this will overwrite the previous effect that set its power and toughness. Effects that modify its power or toughness will continue to apply no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change its power or toughness (such as +1/+1 counters) and effects that switch its power and toughness. For example, if Needle Spires has been made a 0/0 creature with three +1/+1 counters on it, activating its last ability will turn it into a 5/4 creature that's still a land.

  • WotCJan 22, 2016

    This land is colorless until the last ability gives it colors.

  • WotCJan 22, 2016

    When a land becomes a creature, that doesn't count as having a creature enter the battlefield. The permanent was already on the battlefield; it only changed its types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield won't trigger.