Illusionist's Stratagem

Illusionist's Stratagem

Instant

Mana cost: {3}{U}

How we read this card

Exile up to two target creatures you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

on-cast —

on-cast — blinks a permanent

Draw a card.

on-cast — draws you 1 card

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, it draws you cards
  2. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, it triggers

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

  1. Elemental Expressionist — When Elemental Expressionist is exiled thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, it makes a token
  2. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature is exiled thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  3. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — When a creature is exiled thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — When a creature is exiled thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Kaya, Spirits' Justice copies a permanent
  5. Soulherder — When a creature is exiled thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Soulherder puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature is exiled thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Kaya's Ghostform blinks a permanent

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

When Illusionist's Stratagem makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 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 (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

When Illusionist's Stratagem is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Bill Potts — copies an ability
  5. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  6. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  7. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  8. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

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 (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem:

  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 (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Extractor Demon mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Taeko, the Patient Avalanche scries
  7. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, it triggers
  8. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Sally Sparrow triggers
  10. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior triggers

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

When a creature enters thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem:

  1. Samwise Gamgee — makes a token
  2. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — grants haste
  3. Preston, the Vanisher — makes a token
  4. Angelic Sell-Sword — makes a token
  5. Arni, Humble Scribe — untaps itself
  6. Saradoc, Master of Buckland — makes a token
  7. Bramble Sovereign — makes a token
  8. Spirit Bonds — makes a token
  9. Lonis, Cryptozoologist — triggers
  10. Radiant Solar — triggers

23 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 (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

  1. Orcish Bowmasters — When Orcish Bowmasters enters thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, it deals 1 damage
  2. Quantum Riddler — When Quantum Riddler enters thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, it draws you 1 card
  3. Precursor Golem — When Precursor Golem enters thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, it makes 2 tokens
  4. Master of Winds — When Master of Winds enters thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, it draws you 2 cards
  5. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature enters thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple gains you 1 life

303 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 (Illusionist's Stratagem is one).

  1. Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival — When Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival enters thanks to Illusionist's Stratagem, it shrinks a creature by -2/-2

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