Skittering Cicada
Creature — Insect
Flash
You may cast colorless spells as though they had flash.
Whenever you cast a colorless spell, until end of turn, this creature gains trample and gets +X/+X, where X is that spell's mana value.
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Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 7
All 7 combos.
Format legality
Rulings
- 2023-07-28
If the colorless spell has
in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when calculating that spell's mana value. - 2023-07-28
Skittering Cicada's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
- 2023-07-28
Skittering Cicada's second ability applies only to casting spells. It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated "only as a sorcery."