Needle Spires
Land
This land enters tapped.
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: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 2/1 red and white Elemental creature with double strike. It's still a land.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #5115
Needle Spires gives you a 2/1 double striker for three mana on demand — relevant pressure from a land slot with zero card cost. The enters-tapped drawback stings, but Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor decks treat it as a free body that scales with counters, making the tempo loss acceptable.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor animates lands and stacks +1/+1 counters on them each combat, turning Needle Spires into a double-striking threat that grows every turn it attacks.
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser wants creatures attacking into opponents, and Needle Spires supplies a repeatable double striker that forces awkward blocks without spending a card from hand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Needle Spires earns its slot in Naya and Boros land-matters builds where a free creature in the land base is worth more than the enters-tapped cost. In Modern and Pioneer, creature-lands see play in midrange and control shells that want threat density without sacrificing land count, though Needle Spires competes with Lavaclaw Reaches and Celestial Colonnade for the slot and usually loses on raw power. Legacy has too many free-roll threats for a 2/1 double striker to matter. Needle Spires is cleanest in Commander, where the ability to animate repeatedly across a long game compounds its value.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Needle Spires is bulk — easy to acquire, easy to justify. Creature-lands at this price tier rarely spike unless a breakout Commander archetype pushes demand, so treat it as a stable, low-cost inclusion rather than a pickup with upside.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.