Xenic Poltergeist
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Spirit
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #173 (rare)
{T}: Until your next upkeep, target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value.
Xenic Poltergeist has 7 printings, first in Antiquities (1994). EDHREC ranks it #20,502 among Commander cards. It appears most in Horobi, Death's Wail decks (422 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Xenic Poltergeist most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Horobi, Death's Wail: 422 decks
- Shauku, Endbringer: 11 decks
- Kamber, the Plunderer: 3 decks
Often played with Xenic Poltergeist
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Wears off at the beginning of the upkeep, not during upkeep.
- : A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.