MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #35

Spiny Starfish

all·#35·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Alan Rabinowitz

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun 1996

30 yr ago

Value

$0.26+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.27 · low $0.25

NM$0.26

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.24–$0.27modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.26low $0.18range 44.4%n 45

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #24,100 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.26

Gameplay

Creature — Starfish

{U}: Regenerate this creature. At the beginning of each end step, if this creature regenerated this turn, create a 0/1 blue Starfish creature token for each time it regenerated this turn.

0/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2009-10-01wotc

The second ability doesn’t care where the regeneration shields Spiny Starfish used that turn came from. If it regenerated due to a regeneration shield from Refresh, for example, the ability will still put a Starfish token onto the battlefield.

2009-10-01wotc

Spiny Starfish’s first ability creates a regeneration shield for it. Spiny Starfish’s second ability checks whether it _used_ any regeneration shields that turn, not whether any regeneration shields were created for it.

2009-10-01wotc

The second ability has an “intervening ‘if’ clause,” so it won’t trigger at all unless Spiny Starfish had regenerated that turn. However, the number of tokens that are created isn’t determined until the ability resolves (in case it regenerates again before that time).

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.26. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.18 and $0.26 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ALL — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #35 of *Alliances*, the set that shipped alongside the June 1996 Alliances release.

Card type: Creature — Starfish, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #24,100 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Alan Rabinowitz. Rarix catalogs 89 other cards credited to this artist.