Etrata on the Lam
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive rewards a patient player who prefers subterfuge to brute force. This legendary Vampire Assassin arrives with deathtouch and a disruptive flip plan that turns your face down attackers into unexpected threats. Play her at {1}{U}{B} to add a repeatable concealment effect for creatures that enter the battlefield face down and to pressure opponents who cannot reliably block or respond to surprise reveals.
On contact, Etrata does more than trade. Her face down clause gives those hidden creatures a costed reveal ability that can exile the card and then let you cast it without paying mana if the flip fails. That lines up with cloak triggers from any Assassin you control making the top of an opponent library vulnerable. For deckbuilders this card fits control shells that value tempo and inevitability rather than raw aggression.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost: {1}{U}{B}
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Card Type: Legendary Creature
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Subtypes: Vampire Assassin
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed): Deathtouch
Face-down creatures you control have "2{U}{B}: Turn this creature face up. If you can’t, exile it, then you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost." Whenever an Assassin you control deals combat damage to an opponent, cloak the top card of that player’s library. -
Power / Toughness: 1/4
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Set: Murders at Karlov Manor
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Rarity: Mythic
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Condition: Near Mint
