Needle Spires

Printings

  • Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW)#175
  • Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS)#30
  • Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS)#75
  • Pioneer Masters (PIO)#270
  • Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)#278
  • Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC)#137
  • Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS)#165
  • Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS)#120
  • Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW)#175s

Needle Spires

Card Information

Type: Land

CMC: 0

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for RMana symbol for W

Set: Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 175

Oracle Text

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.

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. January 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.

    Source: wotc
  2. January 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.

    Source: wotc
  3. January 22, 2016

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

    Source: wotc
  4. January 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.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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