Subtlety

Subtlety

Creature — Elemental Incarnation

Mana cost: {2}{U}{U}

How we read this card

Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, choose up to one target creature spell or planeswalker spell. Its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

triggered —

Evoke—Exile a blue card from your hand.

Causes: a creature leaves the battlefield, a planeswalker leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an Elemental creature in a graveyard — 88 cards in the game can cause this (Subtlety is one).

  1. Thunderkin Awakener — When Subtlety is in the graveyard, Thunderkin Awakener can bring it back

a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed — 90 cards in the game can cause this (Subtlety is one).

  1. Ashling, the Limitless — When you sacrifice Subtlety, Ashling, the Limitless makes a token

an Elemental in a graveyard — 90 cards in the game can cause this (Subtlety is one).

When Subtlety is in the graveyard:

  1. Sunflare Shaman — gets bigger
  2. Horde of Notions — can bring it back

an Elemental is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 93 cards in the game can cause this (Subtlety is one).

When Subtlety is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Omnath, Locus of Rage — deals 3 damage
  2. Titania, Nature's Force — mills a card

an Elemental enters the battlefield — 754 cards in the game can cause this (Subtlety is one).

When Subtlety enters:

  1. Champion of the Path — deals its power damage
  2. Risen Reef — puts a land onto the battlefield

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Subtlety is one).

When you sacrifice Subtlety:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Subtlety is one).

When you sacrifice Subtlety:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Subtlety is one).

When Subtlety is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring it back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Subtlety is one).

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — When Subtlety dies, Zahur, Glory's Past makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — When Subtlety dies, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — When Subtlety dies, Avacyn, Angel of Horror brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — When Subtlety dies, Yedora, Grave Gardener brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — When Subtlety dies, Nim Deathmantle brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — When Subtlety dies, Valkyrie's Call brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — When Subtlety dies, Decaying Soil brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — When Subtlety dies, High-Society Hunter draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — When Subtlety dies, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — When Subtlety dies, Body Launderer draws and discards

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Subtlety is one).

  1. Battle of Hoover Dam — When Subtlety dies, Battle of Hoover Dam puts 2 counters on a creature
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When Subtlety dies, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When Subtlety dies, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When Subtlety dies, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Shriveling Rot — When Subtlety dies, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  6. Meathook Massacre II — When Subtlety dies, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  7. Bereaved Survivor // Dauntless Avenger — When Subtlety dies, Bereaved Survivor // Dauntless Avenger triggers
  8. Saffi Eriksdotter — When Subtlety dies, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself

453 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 (Subtlety is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Subtlety leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

35 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 (Subtlety is one).

Subtlety fills your graveyard toward the:

  1. Havi, the All-Father — 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Treacherous Vampire — 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs

441 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 (Subtlety is one).

When Subtlety attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature

145 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 (Subtlety is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Subtlety attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

221 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 (Subtlety is one).

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — When Subtlety is cast, Quirion Beastcaller puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

90 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 (Subtlety is one).

When Subtlety enters:

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — puts a counter on itself

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