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Spellskite
Oracle Text
{U/P}: Change a target of target spell or ability to this creature. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Spellskite is a classic defensive artifact that excels in control and midrange shells, where protecting key permanents matters as much as advancing your own board. A 0/4 Phyrexian Horror for two mana, it turns every untargeted assumption into a problem for the opponent, since its Phyrexian-blue ability can redirect a spell or ability’s target to itself. That makes it especially strong against removal-heavy decks, pump spells, and auras, and it can even soak up valuable interaction aimed at combo pieces or engines. Deckbuilding-wise, Spellskite shines beside fragile but powerful threats like Cranial Plating carriers, Infect creatures, or enchantment-based combo pieces, since it forces opponents to spend extra resources or timing to get through. In lore terms, it feels like a corrupted decoy, an unsettling body that exists to intercept harm, and in play it does exactly that: buying time, blanking plans, and making every targeted line of attack inefficient.
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Character Background
Spellskite is a classic defensive artifact that excels in control and midrange shells, where protecting key permanents matters as much as advancing your own board. A 0/4 Phyrexian Horror for two mana, it turns every untargeted assumption into a problem for the opponent, since its Phyrexian-blue ability can redirect a spell or ability’s target to itself. That makes it especially strong against removal-heavy decks, pump spells, and auras, and it can even soak up valuable interaction aimed at combo pieces or engines. Deckbuilding-wise, Spellskite shines beside fragile but powerful threats like Cranial Plating carriers, Infect creatures, or enchantment-based combo pieces, since it forces opponents to spend extra resources or timing to get through. In lore terms, it feels like a corrupted decoy, an unsettling body that exists to intercept harm, and in play it does exactly that: buying time, blanking plans, and making every targeted line of attack inefficient.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-22 04:20:43 UTC