Spellskite
Spellskite: Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Horror, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Horror
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 0/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 873
- Artist
- Chippy
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About Spellskite
Spellskite is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue artifact creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 873 in that set, with art by Chippy. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 0/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from New Phyrexia (2011) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $8.09 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
{U/P}: Change a target of target spell or ability to this creature. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
"Let's show Vorinclex that progress doesn't always need teeth or claws." -Malcator, Executor of Synthesis
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $8.09 (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 Spellskite by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Spellskite
Spellskite has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2325 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2340 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #277 | Rare | 2021 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #587 | Rare | 2021 |
| Double Masters (2XM) #289 | Rare | 2020 |
| Judge Gift Cards 2017 (J17) #7 | Rare | 2017 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #62533 | Rare | 2016 |
| Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #230 | Rare | 2015 |
| New Phyrexia (NPH) #159 | Rare | 2011 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Spellskite, newest first.
- If a spell or ability has a variable number of targets, you can't change the number of targets.
- If Spellskite leaves the battlefield before its ability resolves or otherwise becomes an illegal target for the target spell or ability before its ability resolves, no targets are changed.
- You can activate Spellskite's ability even if Spellskite isn't a legal target for the target spell or ability-or even if that spell or ability has no targets. In this case, no targets are changed.
- If the spell or ability has multiple instances of the word “target,” you choose which one target you're changing to Spellskite as Spellskite's ability resolves.
- If a spell or ability has multiple targets but doesn't use the word “target” multiple times, such as the ability of Deepglow Skate, you can only change one of the targets to Spellskite.
- If changing one target of a spell or ability to Spellskite would make other targets of that spell or ability illegal, that target can't be changed to Spellskite.
Similar cards
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