Spiketail Drakeling
Time Spiral 80 • common
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Collector number
- 80
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Dave Dorman
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
Flying
Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell unless its controller pays 2 generic mana.
Drakelings fish with their tails, angling to snare succulent thoughts and memories on their psychic hooks.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Spiketail Drakeling was released in 2006 as part of the Magic: The Gathering set Time Spiral. This set was designed to be a love letter to the game's history, featuring numerous mechanical references and aesthetic callbacks to cards from the mid-1990s. The drakeling itself serves as a functional reprint and spiritual successor to the original Spiketail Hatchling from the Mirage expansion, continuing a lineage of blue creatures that sacrifice themselves to counter an opponent's spell.
The card features artwork by Christopher Moeller, who was tasked with capturing the creature's aggressive yet fleeting nature. Moeller’s illustration emphasizes the drakeling’s dragon-like anatomy and draconic agility, fitting the aesthetic established in the Mirage block while updating the visual style to match the more polished look of the modern era. Upon its release, it was well-received by players for its role as a disruptive tempo tool, providing a classic utility effect within the complex drafting environment of the Time Spiral block.
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