---
name: "Needlebug"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Insect"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Protection", "Flash"]
set: "MRD"
set_name: "Mirrodin"
collector_number: "217"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Paolo Parente"
oracle_id: "2d5fba80-c84f-4f84-84e4-9c797ac244fc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/needlebug-mrd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Needlebug
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Protection, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
Protection from artifacts

> *テル＝ジラードの近く、絡み森はほとんど静かだ。そこに響くのは、トロールの詠唱と、駆けずり回る針虫の音だけだ。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Skylasher](/printing/skylasher-pio.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Ethersworn Shieldmage](/printing/ethersworn-shieldmage-arc.md) — Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
3. [Shimmer Myr](/printing/shimmer-myr-mbs.md) — Artifact Creature — Myr
4. [Adaptive Shimmerer](/printing/adaptive-shimmerer-iko.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Tel-Jilad Defiance](/printing/tel-jilad-defiance-som.md) — Instant
6. [Infested Roothold](/printing/infested-roothold-dst.md) — Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin (MRD) #217
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Paolo Parente
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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