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Giant-Sized Flying Ant

Creature — Insect3 generic manaBlue mana

The flash-and-flyer body is the surface pitch; the modal enter trigger is where the card earns its slot. Tap target nonland permanent, and the flyer flashes in before combat to catch an untapped blocker, or to strip a creature of its attack by tapping it down ahead of its controller's declare step. Untap target nonland permanent, and the same body flips to tempo work: a second activation out of a creature or mana rock that already spent itself this turn, or a way to spring your own permanents loose after an opponent taps them down. The reach comes from playing at instant speed with a body already on the stack; because you flash it in with the board legible, you pick tap or untap for the situation in front of you when the trigger goes on the stack. Blue has historically rationed its interaction to counters and bounce and priced flying evasion at a premium, so stapling a Twiddle to a flash flyer folds two of the color's usual line-item costs onto one card. The mode is a Twiddle, not a lockdown: tapping a permanent does not stop it untapping next turn, and it does nothing to shut off a planeswalker's loyalty abilities, so the tap side buys a single tempo swing rather than an ongoing prison. A role-player built around the instant-speed decision: the 3/2 trades down soon enough, but the enter choice keeps paying.

Giant-Sized Flying Ant (msh)
MSH · #56common
Pricing
Normal: $0.15
Foil: $0.18
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flash Flying When this creature enters, choose one — • Tap target nonland permanent. • Untap target nonland permanent.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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