Brass Gnat

~$0.11 low · ~$0.49 high

Colorless. Artifact Creature — Insect

No. 249 What the codes mean

Time Spiral #249 · Illustrated by Martina Pilcerova

What is Brass Gnat worth?

Cheapest copy

~$0.11

Non-foil · Time Spiral #249

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Highest TCGplayer price

~$0.49

Foil · Time Spiral #249

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Flying

This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay . If you do, untap this creature.

1/1

Its buzzing is the sound of its inner mechanisms, ever winding down.

Format legality

StandardNot legal

PioneerNot legal

ModernLegal

LegacyLegal

VintageLegal

CommanderLegal

PauperLegal

BrawlNot legal

The only printing of Brass Gnat

Printing	Rarity	Non-foil	Foil	Cardmarket (EUR)	My collection
Time Spiral tsp #249· 2006common· Cardmarket €0.07 · €0.27 foil	common	$0.11	$0.49	€0.07 €0.27 foil

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Card details

First printed: 2006
Printings: 1
Mana value: 1
EDHREC rank: #23,446 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords: Flying
Artist: Martina Pilcerova

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Time Spiral card (#249).

249

249Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.

Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.

How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.

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