Abstruse Appropriation

Abstruse Appropriation

Instant

Mana cost: {2}{W}{B}

How we read this card

Devoid
Exile target nonland permanent. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend colorless mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

on-cast —

on-cast —

Causes: exile an artifact, exile a battle, exile a creature, exile an enchantment, exile a planeswalker, an artifact leaves the battlefield, a battle leaves the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield, an enchantment leaves the battlefield, a planeswalker leaves the battlefield, cast an artifact, cast a battle, cast a creature, cast an enchantment, cast a planeswalker.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a battle is cast — 100 cards in the game can cause this (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

When an artifact is cast thanks to Abstruse Appropriation:

  1. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  2. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  3. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  4. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  5. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  6. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  7. Tellah, Great Sage — makes a token
  8. Soul-Scar Mage — gets +1/+1
  9. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature
  10. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

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

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to Abstruse Appropriation, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to Abstruse Appropriation, Jaya's Phoenix returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to Abstruse Appropriation, Interplanar Beacon gains you 1 life
  3. Varis, Silverymoon Ranger — When a creature is cast thanks to Abstruse Appropriation, Varis, Silverymoon Ranger triggers

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

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Abstruse Appropriation:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

6 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 (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle is exiled thanks to Abstruse Appropriation, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

When an enchantment is cast thanks to Abstruse Appropriation:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

When an artifact is cast thanks to Abstruse Appropriation:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

When Abstruse Appropriation is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Elemental Expressionist — grants a keyword
  3. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  4. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  5. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  6. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  7. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  8. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  9. Harness the Storm — brings a card back
  10. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Abstruse Appropriation, Dual Nature exiles a creature

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Abstruse Appropriation:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token
  3. Traveling Plague — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Abstruse Appropriation is one).

When a creature is cast thanks to Abstruse Appropriation:

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — makes a token
  2. Champions of the Perfect — draws you 1 card
  3. Bloodbond March — brings a card back
  4. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — puts that spell's mana value counters on a creature
  5. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  6. Summon: Fenrir — arrives with counters
  7. Summon: Brynhildr — grants haste
  8. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself

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