---
name: "Glaring Spotlight"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "229"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Adam Paquette"
oracle_id: "21570481-190e-4cfa-a5fd-a0642e2af569"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/glaring-spotlight-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Glaring Spotlight
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
Creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be the targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof.
{3}, Sacrifice this artifact: Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Arcane Lighthouse](/printing/arcane-lighthouse-mb2.md) — Land
2. [Hapatra's Mark](/printing/hapatras-mark-akh.md) — Instant
3. [Detection Tower](/printing/detection-tower-m19.md) — Land
4. [Glint](/printing/glint-anb.md) — Instant
5. [Shields Up!](/printing/shields-up-trk.md) — Instant
6. [Horror of the Dim](/printing/horror-of-the-dim-gtc.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #229
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Adam Paquette
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`