---
name: "Skittering Cicada"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "717"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Denis Zhbankov"
oracle_id: "ac141679-6ada-49a8-b225-d1a20c3838db"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skittering-cicada-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Skittering Cicada
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Adaptive Shimmerer](/printing/adaptive-shimmerer-iko.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Cuboid Colony](/printing/cuboid-colony-sos.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Skylasher](/printing/skylasher-pio.md) — Creature — Insect
4. [Giant-Sized Flying Ant](/printing/giant-sized-flying-ant-msh.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Scout's Warning](/printing/scouts-warning-tle.md) — Instant
6. [High Fae Trickster](/printing/high-fae-trickster-fdn.md) — Creature — Faerie Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #717
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Denis Zhbankov
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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