Surgespanner
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan CommanderLCC · #174
- Card type
- Creature — Merfolk Wizard
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.28 € · 0.26 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may pay . If you do, return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Warren Mahy
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-11-17
Flavour text
They ride on waves of aether, washing out anything that might pollute the Merrow Lanes.
Rulings
For the ability to trigger, the creature has to actually change from untapped to tapped. If an effect attempts to tap the creature, but it was already tapped at the time, this ability won't trigger.
This is a triggered ability, not an activated ability. It doesn't allow you to tap the creature whenever you want; rather, you need some other way of tapping it, such as by attacking with the creature.
