---
name: "Spined Thopter"
mana_cost: "{2}{U/P}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Thopter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "NPH-45"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "45f2af87-0235-49f8-a63d-370faff3a097"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spined-thopter-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spined Thopter
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U/P}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Thopter
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Flying

> *"I appreciate the depravity of noble designs turned to devious ends."
—Tezzeret*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ornithopter](/printing/ornithopter-5ed.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
2. [Nimble Thopterist](/printing/nimble-thopterist-dft.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer
3. [Ornithopter of Paradise](/printing/ornithopter-of-paradise-mh2.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
4. [Phyrexian Ornithopter](/printing/phyrexian-ornithopter-unk.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
5. [Roterothopter](/printing/roterothopter-hml.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
6. [Reconstructed Thopter](/printing/reconstructed-thopter-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #NPH-45
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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