Needle Spires
Oath of the Gatewatch 175 • rare
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Collector number
- 175
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jonas De Ro
- Market price
- $0.31
What it does
This land enters tapped.
tap: Add red mana or white mana.
2 generic mana red mana white mana: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 2/1 red and white Elemental creature with double strike. It's still a land.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Needle Spires was released in 2016 as part of the Oath of the Gatewatch expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a land card capable of transforming into a creature, it served as a key utility piece for decks utilizing the Red and White color identity, reflecting the strategic mechanics of the Zendikar setting. The card was designed to provide players with a resilient late-game threat that could bypass the limitations of traditional sorcery-speed spells.
The artwork was illustrated by Franz Vohwinkel, who has been a long-standing contributor to the game. His design sought to capture the jagged, crystalline aesthetic of Zendikar’s landscape, blending architectural sharpness with the volatile elemental energy characteristic of the plane. Upon release, the card was well-received by competitive players for its versatility, finding a stable place in various control and midrange deck archetypes during its time in the Standard format.
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