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Ersatz Gnomes
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
MirageMIR · #301
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Gnome
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.13 € · 0.21 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
: Target spell becomes colorless. : Target permanent becomes colorless until end of turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- 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
- Ron Spencer
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1996-10-08
Flavour text
From jungle to sea, from sea to stone, from stone to field, from field to bone. What am I? —Zhalfirin riddle
Rulings
If Ersatz Gnomes targets a spell that becomes a permanent, the permanent will enter the battlefield colorless and will remain colorless until it leaves the battlefield (or until another effect changes its color).
