---
name: "Spire Monitor"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Drake"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Flash"]
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daniel Ljunggren"
oracle_id: "447b9412-2649-4548-8e9b-eed5e92ad92a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spire-monitor-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spire Monitor
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Drake
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying

> *Each monitor is given an eye for each spire it is to guard.*

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #46
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daniel Ljunggren
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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