Hide in Plain Sight — Cloak the Top
Hide in Plain Sight trades obvious ramp for subtle advantage. For {3}{G} you dig five deep, choose two to cloak and bury the rest. The cloaked cards enter as 2/2 creatures with ward 2 and can be turned face up later if they are creatures and you can pay their mana cost. That design rewards planning and timing more than raw speed.
In play the card reads like a toolkit piece. Use it when you want resilient blockers that double as potential threats or when you need a reliable way to convert unwanted draws into board presence. There is a quiet piece of lore here about Karlov Manor where even trees keep secrets. Players who value tempo and layered interactions will find practical uses across midrange and toolbox builds.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost: {3}{G}
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Card Type: Sorcery
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Subtypes: None
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed): Look at the top five cards of your library, cloak two of them, and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward 2. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it is a creature card.)
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Power / Toughness: N/A
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Loyalty: N/A
