Pili-Pala
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
ShadowmoorSHM · #258
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.75 € · ★ 22.87 € · 2.60 $ · ★ 70.16 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Flying , : Add one mana of any color. ( is the untap symbol.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Ron Spencer
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-05-02
Flavour text
It wasn't really expected to fly. Then again, it wasn't expected to move, either.
Rulings
If Pili-Pala is already untapped, you can’t activate its ability. That’s because you can’t pay the “Untap this permanent” cost.
If a creature with an ability hasn’t been under your control since your most recent turn began, you can’t activate that ability, unless the creature has haste.
Pili-Pala’s ability is a mana ability. It doesn’t use the stack and can’t be responded to.
Using this creature’s ability means you’re untapping it for mana, not tapping it for mana. Mana Reflection won’t cause it to produce extra mana.
