Viewing offers in Near Mint condition
Spikeshell Harrier
Oracle Text
When this creature enters, return target creature or Vehicle an opponent controls to its owner's hand. If that opponent's speed is greater than each other player's speed, reduce that opponent's speed by 1. This effect can't reduce their speed below 1.
Card Details
Mana CostSet
Character Background
Spikeshell Harrier is a textbook blue tempo/control piece wrapped in artifact creature dress—a 4/4 that taxes opponents' battlefield presence while presenting a respectable clock for its cost. Thematically, the robot-turtle imagery fits: a slow, spiked guardian that knocks intruders back to the shore of "hand" when it arrives, then grudgingly slows the fastest aggressor in multiplayer pods. Practically, it excels at tempoing out Vehicles and key attackers, buying a turn to follow up with countermagic or removal, and in multiplayer it punishes the runaway leader by shaving their speed. Build it into an artifact-blue control shell with blink recursion (Conjurer’s Closet, Cloudshift-style effects) or Panharmonicon to double ETB disruption, and pair with cheap interaction (counterspells, bounce) to translate the tempo into lasting advantage. It also slots well in Vehicle-hate sideboards or midrange lists that want a resilient 4/4 body. Play it proactively to reset combat math and slow a leader, rather than as a late-game top-end.
Generated using gpt-5-mini
Buy from sellers
Peer-to-peer marketplace offers
Have a copy to sell?
List it in under a minute and reach buyers already browsing this page.
List Spikeshell Harrier
Set your condition, quantity, and price. Your listing appears in the offers table above as soon as you publish it.
- No listing fees — CardFlippr takes a small cut only when your card sells.
- Buyers message you directly through CardFlippr to arrange payment and shipping.
- Pricing is suggested from the last 30 days of market activity, but you're always in control.
Public Decks Using This Card
No public decks are currently using this card.
Character Background
Spikeshell Harrier is a textbook blue tempo/control piece wrapped in artifact creature dress—a 4/4 that taxes opponents' battlefield presence while presenting a respectable clock for its cost. Thematically, the robot-turtle imagery fits: a slow, spiked guardian that knocks intruders back to the shore of "hand" when it arrives, then grudgingly slows the fastest aggressor in multiplayer pods. Practically, it excels at tempoing out Vehicles and key attackers, buying a turn to follow up with countermagic or removal, and in multiplayer it punishes the runaway leader by shaving their speed. Build it into an artifact-blue control shell with blink recursion (Conjurer’s Closet, Cloudshift-style effects) or Panharmonicon to double ETB disruption, and pair with cheap interaction (counterspells, bounce) to translate the tempo into lasting advantage. It also slots well in Vehicle-hate sideboards or midrange lists that want a resilient 4/4 body. Play it proactively to reset combat math and slow a leader, rather than as a late-game top-end.
Generated using gpt-5-mini · Updated at 2026-05-16 21:20:45 UTC