Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction

Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction

Creature — Spirit // Enchantment — Aura

Mana cost: {2}{W}

How we read this card

Whenever this creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.

triggered —

Disturb {4}{W}
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has that ability

static — grants a keyword

Whenever this creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.

triggered —

If Clever Distraction would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

static —

Causes: tap a creature, exile a card, anything leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Distracting Geist is one).

When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction:

  1. Stinging Licid — deals 2 damage
  2. Gideon's Avenger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Lust for War — deals 3 damage
  4. Insolence — deals 2 damage
  5. Seizures — deals 3 damage
  6. Betrayal — draws you 1 card
  7. Spirit Shackle — puts a counter on a permanent
  8. Palliation Accord — puts a palliation counter on itself
  9. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  10. Don't Move — kills a creature

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

a nontoken Spirit deals combat damage — 725 cards in the game can cause this (Distracting Geist is one).

  1. Millicent, Restless Revenant — When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction deals combat damage, Millicent, Restless Revenant makes a token

a nontoken Spirit enters the battlefield — 727 cards in the game can cause this (Distracting Geist is one).

  1. Baboon Spirit — When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (Distracting Geist is one).

When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction enters:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

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

  1. The War Doctor — When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

1 other card cares 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 (Distracting Geist is one).

When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction leaves the battlefield:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

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

When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction leaves the battlefield:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — scries
  7. Ninth Bridge Patrol — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Sally Sparrow — triggers
  10. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — triggers

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Distracting Geist is one).

When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  3. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  4. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  5. Invisible Woman — triggers
  6. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  7. Guide of Souls — triggers
  8. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  9. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  10. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Distracting Geist is one).

When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  7. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  8. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls

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

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Distracting Geist is one).

When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  3. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

25 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 (Distracting Geist is one).

When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction is cast:

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — makes a token
  2. Champions of the Perfect — draws you 1 card

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Distracting Geist is one).

When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  3. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  4. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  5. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Distracting Geist is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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