Smuggler's Surprise

Smuggler's Surprise

Instant

Mana cost: {G}

How we read this card

Spree

on-cast —

+ {2} — Mill four cards. You may put up to two creature and/or land cards from among the milled cards into your hand.

on-cast — mills a card

on-cast — brings a card back

+ {4}{G} — You may put up to two creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

on-cast —

+ {1} — Creatures you control with power 4 or greater gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

on-cast — grants a keyword

Causes: you face a dilemma, mill a card, a creature leaves a graveyard, a land leaves a graveyard, put a creature onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard, a land in a graveyard.

Works well with

put a land into a graveyard — 634 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Lazotep Quarry — Lazotep Quarry puts cards into the graveyard that Smuggler's Surprise can bring back
  2. Gargantuan Gorilla — When Gargantuan Gorilla is in the graveyard, Smuggler's Surprise can bring it back
  3. Harvester Troll — Harvester Troll puts cards into the graveyard that Smuggler's Surprise can bring back
  4. Plant Elemental — When Plant Elemental is in the graveyard, Smuggler's Surprise can bring it back
  5. Primeval Force — When Primeval Force is in the graveyard, Smuggler's Surprise can bring it back
  6. Scythe Tiger — When Scythe Tiger is in the graveyard, Smuggler's Surprise can bring it back
  7. Rogue Elephant — When Rogue Elephant is in the graveyard, Smuggler's Surprise can bring it back
  8. Sandstone Deadfall — Sandstone Deadfall puts cards into the graveyard that Smuggler's Surprise can bring back
  9. Boom Box — Boom Box puts cards into the graveyard that Smuggler's Surprise can bring back
  10. Blast Zone — Blast Zone puts cards into the graveyard that Smuggler's Surprise can bring back

624 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Smuggler's Surprise is one).

When Smuggler's Surprise poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Smuggler's Surprise is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Smuggler's Surprise:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Smuggler's Surprise is one).

When a creature or land leaves a graveyard thanks to Smuggler's Surprise:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 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 (Smuggler's Surprise is one).

When Smuggler's Surprise 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. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Harness the Storm — 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 card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Smuggler's Surprise is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — Smuggler's Surprise puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — Smuggler's Surprise puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Transplant Theorist — Smuggler's Surprise puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  4. Heart-Shaped Herb — Smuggler's Surprise puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  5. Wayward Angel — Smuggler's Surprise fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  6. Rescue from the Underworld — Smuggler's Surprise puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  7. Victimize — Smuggler's Surprise puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  8. Bound // Determined — Smuggler's Surprise puts cards into the graveyard that Bound // Determined can bring back
  9. Enlightened Confidant — Smuggler's Surprise puts cards into the graveyard that Enlightened Confidant can bring back
  10. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Smuggler's Surprise puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern 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 (Smuggler's Surprise is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Smuggler's Surprise:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  3. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  4. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

7 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 (Smuggler's Surprise is one).

  1. Precursor Golem — When Precursor Golem enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it makes 2 tokens
  2. Conciliator's Duelist — When Conciliator's Duelist enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it draws you 1 card
  3. Fire Nation Salvagers — When Fire Nation Salvagers enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it puts a counter on a creature or Vehicle
  4. Thieves' Guild Enforcer — When Thieves' Guild Enforcer enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it mills a card
  5. Author of Shadows — When Author of Shadows enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it brings a card back
  6. Landscaper Colos — When Landscaper Colos enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it brings a card back
  7. Colossal Grave-Reaver — When Colossal Grave-Reaver enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it mills a card
  8. Twilight Shepherd — When Twilight Shepherd enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it brings a card back
  9. Cavalier of Thorns — When Cavalier of Thorns enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it puts a land onto the battlefield
  10. Crabomination — When Crabomination enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it exiles a card from an opponent's library

341 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 (Smuggler's Surprise is one).

  1. The Reaper, King No More — When The Reaper, King No More enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it puts a counter on a creature
  2. Rosheen, Roaring Prophet — When Rosheen, Roaring Prophet enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it mills a card
  3. Kotose, the Silent Spider — When Kotose, the Silent Spider enters thanks to Smuggler's Surprise, it brings a card back

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