Mana Skimmer
Time Spiral 117 • common
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Collector number
- 117
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Daniel Gelon
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, tap target land that player controls. That land doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
They traverse the mana-starved wastes in search of richer lands.
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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Where it came from
Mana Skimmer was released in the 2006 Magic: The Gathering set Time Spiral. As a set, Time Spiral focused heavily on nostalgia and the evolution of game mechanics, featuring 'timeshifted' cards and numerous mechanical callbacks to the game's first decade. The Mana Skimmer fits into this context as a black creature card that utilizes the 'suspend' mechanic, a keyword introduced in this set to allow players to cast powerful spells over multiple turns for a reduced cost.
The card features artwork by the illustrator Martina Pilcerova, who contributed extensively to Magic: The Gathering during this era. Her design for the Skimmer emphasizes a dark, ethereal aesthetic, capturing the creature's role as a void-dwelling entity. Upon its release, the card was generally viewed as a functional addition to Limited play formats, serving as a representative example of the set's effort to integrate high-risk, high-reward temporal mechanics into standard gameplay.
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