TYPE
Creature — Insect

ABILITY
Flash You may cast colorless spells as though they had flash. Whenever you cast a colorless spell, until end of turn, Skittering Cicada gains trample and gets +X/+X, where X is that spell's mana value.

POWER/TOUGHNESS
2/2

ILLUSTRATOR
Denis Zhbankov

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
EN FR DE ZH-CN JP

RULINGS

• 2023-07-28 If the colorless spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when calculating that spell's mana value.
• 2023-07-28 Skittering Cicada's second ability applies only to casting spells. It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated "only as a sorcery."
• 2023-07-28 Skittering Cicada's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.