Swift Spinner
Eldritch Moon 173 • common
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Collector number
- 173
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Market price
- $0.08
What it does
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Its web is woven so tightly that not even geists can avoid capture.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Swift Spinner was released in 2016 as part of the Eldritch Moon expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the gothic horror-inspired plane of Innistrad, the card reflects the set's narrative focus on the corruption of the world by the Eldrazi titan Emrakul. The design team sought to capture the frantic, unsettling nature of the setting's transformation, utilizing the flash keyword to represent the sudden, unpredictable behavior of creatures caught in the influence of the planar threat.
The card was illustrated by artist Nils Hamm, whose work is characterized by a dreamlike, atmospheric style that frequently leans into the eerie and organic. In creating the artwork for Swift Spinner, Hamm emphasized the distorted, insectoid evolution of the creature, aligning with the artistic direction for Eldritch Moon which required common wildlife to appear mutated and horrific. Upon release, the card functioned primarily as a limited-format utility piece, providing players with a reliable defensive option during the chaotic environment of the block's draft landscape.
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