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Aphotic Wisps

{B}

Instant

SHMShadowmoor#55common
Foil

Merrows skulk the silty bogs around the Wanderbrine, their very thoughts stained with evil.

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1044
Illustrator
Jim Nelson
Found in
Shadowmoor MTGO Redemption Foil · Shadowmoor MTGO Redemption · 2 more
Printings2CombosIn 1
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
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Target creature becomes black and gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Draw a card.
Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-14
Nonfoil-5.1%
$0.56
$0.25 low$0.15 gap
Foil+0.0%
$11.75
$4.05 low$0.45 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.28· across 2 printings

Rulings

3 · latest May 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    An effect that changes a permanent’s colors overwrites all its old colors unless it specifically says “in addition to its other colors.” For example, after Cerulean Wisps resolves, the affected creature will just be blue. It doesn’t matter what colors it used to be (even if, for example, it used to be blue and black).

  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    Changing a permanent’s color won’t change its text. If you turn Wilt-Leaf Liege blue, it will still affect green creatures and white creatures.

  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    Colorless is not a color.

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