Magic: The Gathering

Brass Gnat

Time Spiral 249 • common

Set: Time Spiral
Collector number: 249
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 1 generic mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Colorless
Artist: Martina Pilcerova
Market price: $0.08

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What it's worth

$0.08market price via TCGplayer · Aug 19, 2026$0.08 – $0.09 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a common creature from the Time Spiral set, this card serves as a quintessential example of the foundational elements that build a balanced game deck. Its inclusion in this collection highlights the importance of versatile, lower-rarity cards that provide essential structure and strategy for players during gameplay.

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Card face

What it does

Flying

This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay 1 generic mana. If you do, untap this creature.

Its buzzing is the sound of its inner mechanisms, ever winding down.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Brass Gnat was released in 2006 as part of the Time Spiral expansion for Magic: The Gathering. This set was famously designed as a love letter to the game's long history, incorporating 'timeshifted' cards, returning mechanics, and nostalgic references to earlier eras of gameplay. Within this context, the Brass Gnat served as a callback to the artifact creature design philosophy that characterized early sets, representing a low-cost, flying utility creature that emphasized the game's shift toward complex interaction between artifacts and combat.

The artwork was provided by Martina Pilcerova, a prolific illustrator for the game during this period. Her contribution captures the whimsical yet utilitarian aesthetic of classic artifact creatures, rendered with the polished digital painterly style that defined the visual identity of mid-2000s Magic. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional common, valued primarily by drafters and casual players for its efficient mana cost and evasion, fitting seamlessly into the aggressive artifact-themed archetypes that were prevalent in the Time Spiral limited environment.

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