You can cycle a card even if it has a triggered ability from cycling that won’t have a legal target. This is because the cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. This also means that if either ability is countered (with Disallow, for example), the other ability will still resolve.
If there’s an {X} in a permanent’s mana cost, X is 0 when determining its mana value.
Triggered abilities from cycling a card and the cycling ability itself aren’t spells. Effects that interact with spells (such as that of Cancel) won’t affect them.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DFT — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #544 of *Aetherdrift*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2025 Aetherdrift release.
Card type: Creature — Insect Archer, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {G}{G} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Reach and Cycling.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #13,481 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Sam McKenzie. Rarix catalogs 4 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Sam McKenzie
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Some cards with cycling have an ability that triggers when you cycle them, and some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card or discard any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.
