When you play Sprite Mother to your Base, does the spawned Sprite enter tapped, making it unable to move to a battlefield before it dies from Temporary? Can you play Sprite Mother directly to a battlefield?

Ruling: The Sprite enters ready (untapped) because Sprite Mother's text specifies "play a ready 3 [M] sprite." You can also play Sprite Mother directly to a battlefield if you control it.

Nuances:

• If the card didn't say "ready," the Sprite would enter exhausted
• The Sprite is not a Recruit, so it will trigger Viktor Champion's ability when it dies