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Highspire Mantis
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uncommon · Creature — Insect

Highspire Mantis

uncommon · Creature — Insect · The List
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Oracle Text

Flying, trample

Card Details

3/3Power / Toughness
{2}{R}{W}Mana Cost
1Prints

Character Background

Highspire Mantis is a clean example of Boros aggression doing exactly what it wants: pressuring life totals from the air while still hitting hard enough to matter on the ground. A 3/3 flyer with trample for four mana is awkward for blockers and excellent at closing games in tempo or aggro shells, especially when you’re forcing opponents to spend removal on earlier threats. The “Highspire” name suggests a predatory hunter above the battlefield, and that feel matches its gameplay well—it’s evasive, relentless, and hard to stabilize against once it lands. It pairs especially well with equipment, combat tricks, and anthem effects, since both evasion and trample scale nicely with power boosts. In Limited, it’s a premium curve-topper; in Constructed, it wants support from efficient early creatures and burn so the Mantis can finish what the rest of the deck starts.

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Character Background

Highspire Mantis is a clean example of Boros aggression doing exactly what it wants: pressuring life totals from the air while still hitting hard enough to matter on the ground. A 3/3 flyer with trample for four mana is awkward for blockers and excellent at closing games in tempo or aggro shells, especially when you’re forcing opponents to spend removal on earlier threats. The “Highspire” name suggests a predatory hunter above the battlefield, and that feel matches its gameplay well—it’s evasive, relentless, and hard to stabilize against once it lands. It pairs especially well with equipment, combat tricks, and anthem effects, since both evasion and trample scale nicely with power boosts. In Limited, it’s a premium curve-topper; in Constructed, it wants support from efficient early creatures and burn so the Mantis can finish what the rest of the deck starts.

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