Conspicuous Snoop
Conspicuous Snoop: Creature - Goblin Rogue, Core Set 2021. Play with the top card of your library revealed. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Goblin Rogue
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Core Set 2021 (M21)
- Released
- 2020-07-03
- Collector number
- 139
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros
- Commander rank
- 3,309 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Conspicuous Snoop
Conspicuous Snoop is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Core Set 2021 (M21), a core set released in July 2020. It is collector number 139 in that set, with art by Zoltan Boros. It costs {R}{R} (two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Core Set 2021 (2020) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.52 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may cast Goblin spells from the top of your library.
As long as the top card of your library is a Goblin card, this creature has all activated abilities of that card.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.52 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Conspicuous Snoop by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Conspicuous Snoop
Conspicuous Snoop has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2411 | Rare | 2026 |
| The List (PLST) #M21-139 | Rare | 2024 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #81968 | Rare | 2020 |
| Core Set 2021 (M21) #364 | Rare | 2020 |
| Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #139p | Rare | 2020 |
| Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #139s | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Conspicuous Snoop, newest first.
- You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the Goblin spells you cast from your library.
- If an activated ability of Goblin card on top of your library references the card it's printed on by name, treat Conspicuous Snoop's instance of that ability as though it referenced Conspicuous Snoop by name instead. For instance, if Conspicuous Snoop has Brash Taunter's ability, Conspicuous Snoop fights, not Brash Taunter.
- If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you don't reveal the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell. While the top card isn't revealed, Conspicuous Snoop doesn't have any abilities of that card.
- You still pay all costs for a Goblin spell you cast from your library, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs.
- Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- If Conspicuous Snoop gains a set of linked activated abilities (for example, one ability that exiles a card and another that refers to the card “exiled with” the object), that link only lasts as long as Conspicuous Snoop has those abilities. If it loses the abilities and then regains them, the link is lost.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Conspicuous Snoop is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.