Surprise Deployment
Instant
Mana cost: {3}{W}
How we read this card
Cast this spell only during combat.
You may put a nonwhite creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.
on-cast —
At the beginning of the next end step, return that creature to your hand.
triggered — bounce
Causes: put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield.
Cares about: an end step.
Works well with
anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Surprise Deployment is one).
- Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, it triggers
a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Surprise Deployment is one).
- Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
- Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, Extractor Demon mills a card
- Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
- Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
- Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, Taeko, the Patient Avalanche scries
- Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, it triggers
- Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
- Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, Sally Sparrow triggers
- Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Surprise Deployment, Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior triggers
19 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 (Surprise Deployment is one).
- Precursor Golem — When Precursor Golem enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, it makes 2 tokens
- Conciliator's Duelist — When Conciliator's Duelist enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, it draws you 1 card
- Master of Winds — When Master of Winds enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, it draws you 2 cards
- Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple gains you 1 life
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
- Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim gains you 1 life
- Glaring Fleshraker — When a creature enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, Glaring Fleshraker deals 1 damage
- Blasting Station — When a creature enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, Blasting Station untaps itself
- Mogg Bombers — When a creature enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, Mogg Bombers sacrifices itself
- Flame-Kin War Scout — When a creature enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, Flame-Kin War Scout sacrifices itself
295 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 (Surprise Deployment is one).
- Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival — When Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, it shrinks a creature by -2/-2
- Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a creature enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — When Sokka, Bold Boomeranger enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, it draws and discards
- Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea — When Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea enters thanks to Surprise Deployment, it becomes prepared
23 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.