Subterfuge
Creature β Elemental Incarnation
Subterfuge
Creature β Elemental Incarnation
Card Text
When this creature enters, target creature gains flying and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw that many cards" until end of turn.
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 5
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- Power / Toughness
- 3 / 5
- EDHREC Rank
- #7,601
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (10)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #6 | rare | en | Ilse Gort | $0.28 | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #26 | rare | en | Ilse Gort | $0.36 | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #6 | rare | de | Ilse Gort | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #26 | rare | de | Ilse Gort | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #6 | rare | es | Ilse Gort | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #6 | rare | fr | Ilse Gort | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #26 | rare | fr | Ilse Gort | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #6 | rare | it | Ilse Gort | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #26 | rare | ja | Ilse Gort | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #6 | rare | ja | Ilse Gort | β | β |
Official Rulings (8)
If one of the tokens somehow is under another player's control as the delayed triggered ability resolves, you can't sacrifice that token. It remains on the battlefield indefinitely, even if you regain control of it later.
If an effect stops a token from attacking a specific player, that token can attack any player, planeswalker, or battle, or not attack at all. If the effect stops the token from attacking a specific player unless a cost is paid, you don't have to pay that cost unless you want to attack that player.
Exiling the card with encore is a cost to activate the encore ability. Once you announce that you're activating it, no player may take actions until you've finished. They can't try to remove the card from your graveyard to stop you from paying the cost.
If one of the tokens can't attack for any reason (such as being tapped), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
The tokens copy only what's on the original card. Effects that modified that creature when it was previously on the battlefield won't be copied.
Each token must attack the appropriate player if able.
Encore is an activated ability that functions from the graveyard. "Encore [cost]" means "[Cost], Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token that's a copy of this card that attacks that opponent this turn if able. The tokens gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery."
Opponents who have left the game aren't counted when determining how many tokens to create.
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