Needle Spires Price
9 printings · 6 sets · first printed 2016
Needle Spires has been printed 9 times across 6 sets, first in 2016 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Zendikar Rising Commander #137 at $0.28, while the most expensive is Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights #165 at $9.95 — about 36× more. The median across 8 priced printings is $0.72. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 9x, including dedicated reprint sets like Pioneer Masters, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander.
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Every Needle Spires Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zendikar Rising Commander #137 (R) Cheapest | 2020 | $0.28 | — |
| Oath of the Gatewatch #175 (R) | 2016 | $0.30 | $0.08 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #278 (R) | 2024 | $0.35 | — |
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights #30 (R) | 2025 | $0.38 | $0.03 |
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights #75 (R) | 2025 | $1.06 | $0.63 foil |
| Oath of the Gatewatch Promos #175s (R) Foil | 2016 | $1.48 | — |
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights #120 (R) Foil | 2025 | $5.80 | $2.00 foil |
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights #165 (R) Foil | 2025 | $9.95 | $4.00 foil |
| Pioneer Masters #270 (R) | 2024 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
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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.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 9 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
4 PrecedentsWhen a land becomes a creature, that doesn't count as having a creature enter the battlefield. The permanent was already on the battlefield; it only changed its types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield won't trigger.
An ability that turns a land into a creature also sets that creature's power and toughness. If the land was already a creature (for example, if it was the target of a spell with awaken), this will overwrite the previous effect that set its power and toughness. Effects that modify its power or toughness will continue to apply no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change its power or toughness (such as +1/+1 counters) and effects that switch its power and toughness. For example, if Needle Spires has been made a 0/0 creature with three +1/+1 counters on it, activating its last ability will turn it into a 5/4 creature that's still a land.
This land is colorless until the last ability gives it colors.
A land that becomes a creature may be affected by "summoning sickness." You can't attack with it or use any of its abilities (including its mana abilities) unless it began your most recent turn on the battlefield under your control. Note that summoning sickness cares about when that permanent came under your control, not when it became a creature nor when it entered the battlefield.