Splinterfright

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Splinterfright: Creature - Elemental, Innistrad Remastered. Trample. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{G}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Elemental
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
*/*
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Innistrad Remastered (INR)
Released
2025-01-24
Collector number
217
Artist
Eric Deschamps
Commander rank
5,609 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Mill, Trample

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About Splinterfright

Splinterfright is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green creature from Innistrad Remastered (INR), a Masters set released in January 2025. It is collector number 217 in that set, with art by Eric Deschamps. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a */* creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Innistrad (2011) to Innistrad Remastered (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Trample

Splinterfright's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

At the beginning of your upkeep, mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Splinterfright by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Splinterfright

Splinterfright has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Innistrad Remastered (INR) #420Uncommon2025
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #159Rare2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #466Rare2022
Commander 2020 (C20) #191Rare2020
Innistrad (ISD) #205Rare2011

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Splinterfright, newest first.

  • If Splinterfright’s controller has only one card in their library when its triggered ability resolves, they put that card into their graveyard.
  • The ability that defines Splinterfright’s power and toughness works in all zones, not just the battlefield. If Splinterfright is in your graveyard, it will count itself.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Splinterfright is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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