Slickshot Lockpicker The Slickshot Lockpicker is a compact blue play that rewards timing and resourcefulness. For {2}{U} you get a 2/3 Human Rogue that makes graveyards into second libraries by granting a target instant or sorcery in your graveyard flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost equals the card's mana cost so you can reuse expensive answers or surprise your opponent with a backup plan on the same turn the Lockpicker resolves.
In practice this card fits cleanly into control shells that need an extra reuse effect or into tempo lists that want to convert a traded spell into another interaction. The Plot 2 ability also gives a predictable way to organize later turns by paying {2}{U} from hand and exiling the Lockpicker to cast it as a sorcery without paying its mana cost. It reads like a locksmiths manual for turns where you need a second copy of a key spell rather than a flashy legend.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{U}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Human Rogue
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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.)
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Power / Toughness – 2/3
