Mocking Sprite

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Mocking Sprite: Creature - Faerie Rogue, Wilds of Eldraine. Flying. Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost 1 less to cast. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Faerie Rogue
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/1
Rarity
Common
Set
Wilds of Eldraine (WOE)
Released
2023-09-08
Collector number
62
Artist
Ben Hill
Commander rank
2,852 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Mocking Sprite

Mocking Sprite is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue creature from Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), an expansion set released in September 2023. It is collector number 62 in that set, with art by Ben Hill. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Wilds of Eldraine (2023) to Foundations (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Flying

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"Look at me, everyone! I'm a High Fae! Watch me do important High Fae things!"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (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 Mocking Sprite by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Mocking Sprite

Mocking Sprite has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Foundations (FDN) #744Common2026
Foundations (FDN) #159Common2024

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Mocking Sprite, newest first.

  • Mocking Sprite's last ability can't reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a spell. It reduces only the generic mana component of that cost.
  • Mocking Sprite's last ability doesn't change the mana cost or mana value of any spell. It changes only the total cost you pay.

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Mocking Sprite is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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