Deceptive Frostkite
Deceptive Frostkite: Creature - Dragon, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Dragon
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 19
- Artist
- Josu Solano
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Deceptive Frostkite
Deceptive Frostkite is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 19 in that set, with art by Josu Solano. It costs {U}{U} (two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control with power 4 or greater, except it's a Dragon in addition to its other types and it has flying.
"That's not a dragon. Can't be. It's too small, isn't it?" -Askar, Temur scout, last words
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.22 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Deceptive Frostkite 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 Deceptive Frostkite
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #59 | Rare | 2025 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Deceptive Frostkite, newest first.
- Any enters abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Deceptive Frostkite enters. Any “as [this creature] enters” or “[this creature] enters with” abilities of the copied permanent will also work.
- Deceptive Frostkite copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else, with the listed exceptions (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
- If the copied creature is copying something else, then Deceptive Frostkite enters as whatever that creature copied, with the listed exceptions.
- If the copied creature is a token, Deceptive Frostkite copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token, with the listed exceptions.
- If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- You can choose not to have Deceptive Frostkite enter as a copy of another creature. If you do, it will just be a 1/1 Dragon with flying.
Similar cards
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