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Mantis Engine
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Tenth Edition10E · #333★
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Insect
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- ★ 0.44 €
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
: This creature gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) : This creature gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- John Zeleznik
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2007-07-13
Flavour text
"It's a clever design. You should look closely at its gearing after it swallows your head." —Jhoira, master artificer
