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Skittering Cicada
Card Information
Type: Creature — Insect
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Commander Masters (CMM)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 717
Oracle Text
Flash You may cast colorless spells as though they had flash. Whenever you cast a colorless spell, until end of turn, this creature gains trample and gets +X/+X, where X is that spell's mana value.
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Card Rulings
- July 28, 2023
If the colorless spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when calculating that spell's mana value.
Source: wotc - July 28, 2023
Skittering Cicada's second ability applies only to casting spells. It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated "only as a sorcery."
Source: wotc - July 28, 2023
Skittering Cicada's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
Source: wotc
Price History
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