Description
Balustrade Spy — Quiet Recon
Balustrade Spy is a compact tool for players who value information and tempo. The card name is a cue to its function. For three and a black you get a 2/3 flying Vampire Rogue that can skim the top of an opponent's library and force a tidy mill until a land appears. That makes it useful both as a evasive threat and as a way to sculpt opposing draws or trigger graveyard synergies.
In practical play the Spy excels in decks that care about yard interaction or need a flying body to press damage while disrupting an opponent's next turns. It slots into slow attrition matches or into black tempo shells where each revealed nonland can accelerate your plan. The card reads simply and its effect is predictable which helps at decision points during midgame sequencing.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {3}{B}
- Card Type – Creature
- Subtypes – Vampire Rogue
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Flying. When Balustrade Spy enters the battlefield, target player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.
- Power / Toughness – 2/3