Needle Spires
Needle Spires: Land, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. This land enters tapped. Tap: Add R or W. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- White and red (WR)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 278
- Artist
- Jonas De Ro
- Commander rank
- 5,384 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Needle Spires
Needle Spires is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and red land from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 278 in that set, with art by Jonas De Ro. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is white and 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 6 sets, from Oath of the Gatewatch (2016) to Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.
{2}{R}{W}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 2/1 red and white Elemental creature with double strike. It's still a land.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Needle Spires 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 Needle Spires
Needle Spires has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #120 | Rare | 2025 |
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #165 | Rare | 2025 |
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #30 | Rare | 2025 |
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #75 | Rare | 2025 |
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #270 | Rare | 2024 |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #137 | Rare | 2020 |
| Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW) #175 | Rare | 2016 |
| Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW) #175s | Rare | 2016 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Needle Spires, newest first.
- When a land becomes a creature, that doesn't count as having a creature enter the battlefield. The permanent was already on the battlefield; it only changed its types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield won't trigger.
- An ability that turns a land into a creature also sets that creature's power and toughness. If the land was already a creature (for example, if it was the target of a spell with awaken), this will overwrite the previous effect that set its power and toughness. Effects that modify its power or toughness will continue to apply no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change its power or toughness (such as +1/+1 counters) and effects that switch its power and toughness. For example, if Needle Spires has been made a 0/0 creature with three +1/+1 counters on it, activating its last ability will turn it into a 5/4 creature that's still a land.
- This land is colorless until the last ability gives it colors.
- A land that becomes a creature may be affected by "summoning sickness." You can't attack with it or use any of its {T} abilities (including its mana abilities) unless it began your most recent turn on the battlefield under your control. Note that summoning sickness cares about when that permanent came under your control, not when it became a creature nor when it entered the battlefield.
Similar cards
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