Subterfuge
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This printing
SetECC
Collector #6
Released2026-01-23
Rarityrare
ArtistIlse Gort
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Subterfuge

RareColour IDMV 5
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
When this creature enters, target creature gains flying and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw that many cards" until end of turn.
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
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Keywords
Encore
Card capabilities
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Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2026-01-23Newest 2026-01-23Cheapest priced $0.34 in ECC
Rulings (8)
wotc17 Nov 2025
Each token must attack the appropriate player if able.
wotc17 Nov 2025
Encore is an activated ability that functions from the graveyard. "Encore [cost]" means "[Cost], Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token that's a copy of this card that attacks that opponent this turn if able. The tokens gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery."
wotc17 Nov 2025
The tokens copy only what's on the original card. Effects that modified that creature when it was previously on the battlefield won't be copied.
wotc17 Nov 2025
Exiling the card with encore is a cost to activate the encore ability. Once you announce that you're activating it, no player may take actions until you've finished. They can't try to remove the card from your graveyard to stop you from paying the cost.
wotc17 Nov 2025
If one of the tokens can't attack for any reason (such as being tapped), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
wotc17 Nov 2025
Opponents who have left the game aren't counted when determining how many tokens to create.
Ranked by shared capabilities, colour identity, mana value and type — never by strategic judgement.