Topplegeist

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Topplegeist: Creature - Spirit, Shadows over Innistrad. Flying. When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}
Mana value
1
Type
Creature - Spirit
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Shadows over Innistrad (SOI)
Released
2016-04-08
Collector number
45
Artist
Seb McKinnon
Commander rank
9,796 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Delirium, Flying

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About Topplegeist

Topplegeist is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white creature from Shadows over Innistrad (SOI), an expansion set released in April 2016. It is collector number 45 in that set, with art by Seb McKinnon. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (2016) to Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.

Delirium - At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, tap target creature that player controls.

Market price

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

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Topplegeist

Topplegeist has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #52Uncommon2023
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (DDQ) #21Uncommon2016

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Topplegeist, newest first.

  • Because you consider only the characteristics of a double-faced card's front face while it's not on the battlefield, the types of its back face won't be counted for delirium.
  • In some rare cases, you can have a token or a copy of a spell in your graveyard at the moment that an object's delirium ability counts the card types among cards in your graveyard, before that token or copy ceases to exist. Because tokens and copies of spells are not cards, even if they are copies of cards, their types will never be counted.
  • Most triggered delirium abilities use an intervening "if" clause. There must be four or more card types among cards in your graveyard in order for these abilities to trigger, otherwise they never trigger at all. There's no way to have the ability trigger if there aren't enough card types, even if you intend to raise that number in response to the triggered ability. The number of card types is checked again as the trigger resolves, and if it has become too low somehow, the ability does nothing. If which card types are in your graveyard changes but the quantity of card types stays the same (or increases), then the delirium triggered ability will still resolve.
  • The card types in Magic are artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Supertypes (such as legendary and basic) and subtypes (such as Human and Equipment) are not counted.
  • The number of card types matters, not the number of cards. For example, Wicker Witch (an artifact creature) along with Catalog (an instant) and Chaplain's Blessing (a sorcery) will enable delirium.

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