Slickshot Lockpicker: Graveyard Locksmith

Slickshot Lockpicker is a pragmatic tool for blue tempo and spell recursion. When Slickshot Lockpicker enters the battlefield it targets an instant or sorcery in your graveyard and gives it flashback until end of turn with a flashback cost equal to that spell s mana cost. That opens lines for reactive plays or an unexpected counterattack using cards you already spent earlier in the game.

As a two three creature with Plot 2, Slickshot Lockpicker doubles as a hand built in advance and a one time recur engine on the table. Use it to reset a removal spell or to replay a crucial draw spell on the opponent s end step. The card sits cleanly in spell based shells and rewards timing and sequencing rather than raw power.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {2}{U}
• Card Type – Creature
• Subtypes – Human Rogue
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – When Slickshot Lockpicker enters the battlefield, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) Plot 2 {2}{U} (You may pay {2}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
• Power / Toughness – 2/3