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Spectacular Skywhale
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secrets of StrixhavenSOS · #229
- Card type
- Creature — Elemental Whale
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.04 € · ★ 0.10 € · 0.13 $ · ★ 0.23 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- Blue Red
Card text
Flying Opus — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. If five or more mana was spent to cast that spell, put three +1/+1 counters on this creature instead.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Serena Malyon
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-04-24
Flavour text
Rootha was humbled in the whale's presence. It was glorious and beautiful, all on its own terms.
Rulings
An opus ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.