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Artifact Creature — Insect
{2 generic}: This creature gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
{2 generic}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
3/3
Tawnos left a legacy of animal designs in many of Urza's creations.
Details
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- First printed
- Urza's Destiny
- Released
- 1999-06-07
- Artist
- John Zeleznik
- Printings
- 3
Prices
- Cheapest legal
- $0.16
- Cheapest foil
- $0.74
TCGplayer market via Scryfall, 2026-10-18; cheapest tournament-legal paper printing.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Mantis Engine (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
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Printings (3)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap the thumbnail to preview a printing; tap the set name to see all cards in that set.
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Mantis Engine — Urza's Destiny #133Urza's Destiny | #133 | $0.21 |
 Preview Mantis Engine — Tenth Edition #333Tenth Edition | #333 | $0.16 |
 Preview Mantis Engine — Tenth Edition #333★Tenth Edition | #333★ | — |
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