Spire Mangler
Creature — Insect
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, target creature you control with flying gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #27491
Spire Mangler is a 3/1 with flying and first strike for three mana — a reasonable threat that kills most small flyers on contact. The problem is it does nothing the turn it enters and has no text beyond its keywords, which is a tough sell in any format with better options at the same cost.
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 |
Spire Mangler is a 60-card footnote at best — Modern and Pioneer have too many efficient threats at three mana for a vanilla 3/1 flyer to earn a slot, and Legacy doesn't come close to considering it. In Commander, the card has no enter-the-battlefield effect, no synergy text, and no way to generate value over a long game, so it gets cut before the first round of edits. The flying and first strike keywords aren't irrelevant, but they need to be attached to something that does more work than this.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Spire Mangler is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills out a draft chaff box. That price reflects its playability ceiling accurately, and there's no realistic demand spike coming for a keyword-only vanilla.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.