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Skittering Cicada

Skittering Cicada

{3}Creature — Insect2/2

Flash

You may cast colorless spells as though they had flash.

Whenever you cast a colorless spell, until end of turn, this creature gains trample and gets +X/+X, where X is that spell's mana value.

Keyword reminders

Flash. You may cast this any time you could cast an instant. · CR 702.8

Official rulings

  1. If the colorless spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when calculating that spell's mana value. (2023-07-28)
  2. Skittering Cicada's second ability applies only to casting spells. It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated "only as a sorcery." (2023-07-28)
  3. Skittering Cicada's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered. (2023-07-28)

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