---
name: "Spikeshell Harrier"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Robot Turtle"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "65"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alfonso Santano"
oracle_id: "23102d8a-3a93-4e83-af5b-401c85ba9dbc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spikeshell-harrier-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spikeshell Harrier
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Robot Turtle
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, return target creature or Vehicle an opponent controls to its owner's hand. If that opponent's speed is greater than each other player's speed, reduce that opponent's speed by 1. This effect can't reduce their speed below 1.

> *„Ziel erfasst. Resolution: Unmittelbar bevorstehender Einschlag."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Endrider Spikespitter](/printing/endrider-spikespitter-dft.md) — Creature — Human Mercenary
2. [Perilous Snare](/printing/perilous-snare-dft.md) — Artifact
3. [Nesting Bot](/printing/nesting-bot-dft.md) — Artifact Creature — Robot
4. [Metalhead](/printing/metalhead-tmt.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Turtle
5. [Alchemax Slayer-Bots](/printing/alchemax-slayer-bots-spe.md) — Artifact Creature — Robot Villain
6. [Amonkhet Raceway](/printing/amonkhet-raceway-dft.md) — Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #65
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alfonso Santano
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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