Slickshot Lockpicker — Quick Fingers, Quicker Plans
Slickshot Lockpicker is a tight value piece for tempo oriented blue decks. At a cost of {2}{U} you get a 2/3 body that arrives with a triggered ability to give a target instant or sorcery in your graveyard flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost which lets you reuse a removal spell or card draw in the same turn you develop the board.
Beyond the enter the battlefield window the card also carries Plot 2 which creates a long game option by turning it into a delayed spell from hand. In practice Slickshot Lockpicker plays well in graveyard synergy shells and control builds that want flexible recursion while still holding up tempo. The art and flavor fit the Outlaws of Thunder Junction setting where clever hands win tight lanes.
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
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Rarity – Uncommon
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Set – Outlaws of Thunder Junction
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Language – English
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Condition – Near Mint
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Style – Foil
