Crackling Spellslinger
Crackling Spellslinger: Creature - Human Wizard, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Human Wizard
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 25
- Artist
- Marta Nael
- Commander rank
- 8,795 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flash
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About Crackling Spellslinger
Crackling Spellslinger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 25 in that set, with art by Marta Nael. It costs {3}{R}{R} (three generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.66 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).
Card text
Flash
When this creature enters, if you cast it, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn has storm. (When you cast that spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.66 (as of 2026-11-11).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Crackling Spellslinger by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Crackling Spellslinger
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #61 | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Crackling Spellslinger, newest first.
- Crackling Spellslinger’s second ability triggers if you cast it from any zone. It doesn’t trigger if you put Crackling Spellslinger onto the battlefield without casting it.
- The copies of a spell with storm created by its storm ability are put directly onto the stack. They aren’t cast and won’t be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.
- A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won’t affect the copies.
- Spells cast from zones other than a player’s hand and spells that were countered or otherwise failed to resolve are counted by the storm ability.
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