Glaring Spotlight
Gatecrash 229 • rare
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Collector number
- 229
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Adam Paquette
- Market price
- $2.28
What it does
Creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be the targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof.
3 generic mana, Sacrifice this artifact: Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Glaring Spotlight was released in early 2013 as part of the Gatecrash expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Set on the cityscape plane of Ravnica, the card was designed to support the mechanics of the Boros Legion, a guild centered on military precision and combat, specifically addressing the frustration of opponents using hexproof creatures to stall the battlefield.
The card was illustrated by Mike Sass, who captured the item as an artifact of divine or magical origin emanating a piercing, golden radiance. It was received by players as a specialized sideboard tool, recognized for its unique ability to strip defensive keywords from enemy creatures, thereby forcing opponents into open conflict and reflecting the aggressive, law-and-order philosophy of the Ravnican setting.
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