Mask and Mislead
Behind the Mask is a compact Instant that pulls double duty as a tempo tool and a graveyard interaction piece. Cast it for {U} to turn a permanent into a 4/3 artifact creature until end of turn, forcing blocks or pushing through damage. You can pay an additional cost to collect evidence 6 by exiling cards from your graveyard with total mana value 6 or greater which changes the outcome to a 1/1 instead. That choice reads as a concise trade between raw power and resource denial.
In play, this card shines in decks that want to disrupt combat math and manipulate graveyard resources at once. Use it to convert an opposing blocker into a manageable attacker or to turn your own artifact into a surprise threat that dodges removal that targets noncreature permanents. The evidence clause also interacts cleanly with graveyard strategies and offers a tidy toolkit for timing plays on opponents end steps and during key combat decisions.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {U}
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Card Type – Instant
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. (Exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Until end of turn, target artifact or creature becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/3. If evidence was collected, it has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn instead.
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Power / Toughness – N A
