Abstract Performance

Abstract Performance

Sorcery

Mana cost: {5}{U}

How we read this card

Exile the top four cards of your library in a face-down pile, then exile the top four cards of your library in a face-up pile. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your graveyard. Look at the cards in the other pile. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest into your hand.

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Causes: exile a card, put anything into a graveyard, cast a spell.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a spell is cast — 155 cards in the game can cause this (Abstract Performance is one).

  1. Glaring Fleshraker — When Abstract Performance is cast, Glaring Fleshraker makes a token
  2. The Kingpin of Crime — When Abstract Performance is cast, The Kingpin of Crime drains each opponent
  3. Kami of Celebration — When Abstract Performance is cast, Kami of Celebration puts a counter on a creature
  4. Leader's Talent — When Abstract Performance is cast, Leader's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  5. Quintorius Kand — When Abstract Performance is cast, Quintorius Kand deals 2 damage
  6. Demigod of Revenge — When Demigod of Revenge is cast thanks to Abstract Performance, it brings a card back
  7. Nita, Forum Conciliator — When Abstract Performance is cast, Nita, Forum Conciliator puts a counter on a creature
  8. Treasury Thrull — When Abstract Performance is cast, Treasury Thrull drains each opponent
  9. Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald — When Abstract Performance is cast, Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald makes a token
  10. Norin the Wary — When Abstract Performance is cast, Norin the Wary flickers itself

453 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Abstract Performance is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Abstract Performance, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Abstract Performance is one).

When Abstract Performance is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  3. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  4. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  5. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — brings a card back
  6. Metallurgic Summonings — makes a token
  7. Storm-Kiln Artist — makes a token
  8. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — draws you 1 card
  9. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls
  10. Mica, Reader of Ruins — sacrifices an artifact

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Abstract Performance is one).

Abstract Performance:

  1. Elena, Turk Recruit — puts cards into the graveyard that Elena, Turk Recruit can bring back
  2. Hunting Grounds — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Hunting Grounds needs
  3. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  4. Harness the Storm — puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  5. Samwise Gamgee — puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  6. Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  7. Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  8. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  9. Wayward Angel — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  10. Rescue from the Underworld — puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back

434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Abstract Performance is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Abstract Performance:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  5. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  6. Compost — draws you 1 card
  7. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  8. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  9. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Abstract Performance is one).

When Abstract Performance is cast:

  1. Captain Jean-Luc Picard — makes a token
  2. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  3. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  5. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  6. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  7. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  8. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  9. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  10. Master of Winds — triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.