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, this creature 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 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.