Nightveil Sprite
Guilds of Ravnica 48 • uncommon
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Collector number
- 48
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Uriah Voth
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
"We're on the fortieth floor, with one window, no balcony. No one could possibly get in."— Minosz, Orzhov chief of security
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nightveil Sprite was released in 2018 as part of the Guilds of Ravnica expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card features the Dimir guild, a faction known for information brokerage, espionage, and clandestine activity. Mechanically, the card was designed to support the 'surveil' keyword, a mechanic introduced in this set that allows players to look at the top cards of their library and filter their deck, reflecting the thematic flavor of Dimir spies gathering secrets.
The artwork for the card was created by artist Yongjae Choi. The illustration depicts a sprite-like entity shrouded in the neon-blue aesthetic characteristic of the Ravnica plane's underworld. It was received by the player base as a utility creature, valued for its ability to consistently manipulate the library, fitting well into control-oriented deck archetypes that rely on precision and information advantage.
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