Subtlety
Special Guests 45 • mythic
- Set
- Special Guests
- Collector number
- 45
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Campbell White
- Market price
- $14.31
What it does
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, choose up to one target creature spell or planeswalker spell. Its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Evoke—Exile a blue card from your hand.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlBanned
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Subtlety is a card featured in the Magic: The Gathering Modern Horizons 2 set, released in 2021. Designed to provide a high-power interaction tool for the modern competitive landscape, the card serves as a free spell that utilizes the 'evoke' mechanic to allow players to cast it for a reduced cost by exiling a card of the same color from their hand. This design philosophy echoes the cycles of elemental incarnations first introduced in the Lorwyn block, balancing defensive utility with a versatile creature body.
The artwork for Subtlety was created by illustrator Bryan Sola, who aimed to capture the ephemeral and elusive nature of the elemental entity. By utilizing cool tones and fluid, abstract forms, the illustration emphasizes the card's theme of manipulating the stack and delaying an opponent's threats. Upon its release, the card was widely received as a staple in control and tempo-based archetypes, becoming a significant piece in competitive deck construction due to its unique ability to disrupt gameplay mechanics.
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