Boltbender
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Red. Creature — Goblin Wizard

Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #30 · Illustrated by Lars Grant-West
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Extended Art non-foil · Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #340
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Oracle text
Disguise (You may cast this card face down for
as a 2/2 creature with ward
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, you may choose new targets for any number of other spells and/or abilities.
4/2
"You should really work on your aim."
Format legality
All 2 printings of Boltbender
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander mkc #30· 2024rare· Cardmarket €0.26 | rare | $0.27 | €0.26 | |
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander mkc #340· 2024Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.35 | rare | $0.34 | €0.35 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2024
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #10,553 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Disguise
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Murders at Karlov Manor Commander card (#30).
0030 · MKC · R · EN
- 0030Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- MKCSet code for Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (15)
February 2, 2024
A disguise ability lets you cast a card face down by paying
and announcing that you are using a disguise ability. Any time you have priority, you can turn a face-down permanent with disguise face up by paying its disguise cost.
February 2, 2024
You must ensure that your face-down spells and permanents can be easily differentiated from each other. You’re not allowed to mix up the cards that represent them on the battlefield to confuse other players. The order in which they entered the battlefield should remain clear, as well as what ability caused them to be face down. (This includes disguise, cloak, and in games involving older cards, morph and manifest, as well as a few other effects that turn cards face down.) Common methods for doing this include using markers or dice, or simply placing them in order on the battlefield.
February 2, 2024
If a face-down spell leaves the stack and goes to any zone other than the battlefield (if it was countered, for example), you must reveal it. Similarly, if a face-down permanent leaves the battlefield, you must reveal it. You must also reveal all face-down spells and permanents you control if you leave the game or the game ends.
February 2, 2024
A permanent that turns face up or face down changes characteristics but is otherwise the same permanent. Spells and abilities that were targeting that permanent and Auras and Equipment that were attached to that permanent aren’t affected unless the new characteristics of the object change the legality of those targets or attachments.
February 2, 2024
If a spell or ability has damage divided, the division can’t be changed, although the targets receiving that damage still can. The same is true of spells and abilities that distribute counters.
February 2, 2024
If a spell or ability has a variable number of targets, you can’t change how many targets it has.
February 2, 2024
Because the permanent is on the battlefield both before and after it’s turned face up, turning a permanent face up doesn’t cause any enters-the-battlefield abilities to trigger.
February 2, 2024
Turning a permanent face up or face down doesn’t change whether that permanent is tapped or untapped.
February 2, 2024
Because face-down creatures don’t have a name, they can’t have the same name as any other creature, even another face-down creature.
February 2, 2024
Any time you have priority, you may turn the face-down creature face up by revealing what its disguise cost is and paying that cost. This is a special action. It doesn’t use the stack and can’t be responded to. Only a face-down permanent can be turned face up this way; a face-down spell cannot.
February 2, 2024
If you choose new targets for a spell or ability, those new targets must be legal.
February 2, 2024
At any time, you can look at a face-down spell or permanent you control. You can’t look at face-down permanents or spells you don’t control unless an effect instructs or allows you to do so.
February 2, 2024
The creature spell is a 2/2 creature spell with ward
that has no name, mana cost, or creature types. The resulting creature is a 2/2 creature with ward
that has no name, mana cost, or creature types. Both the spell and the resulting creature are colorless and have a mana value of 0. Other effects that apply to the spell or creature can still grant it any characteristics it doesn’t have or change the characteristics it does have.
February 2, 2024
If a face-down creature loses its abilities, it can’t be turned face up with a disguise ability because it will no longer have a disguise ability (or a disguise cost) once face up.
February 2, 2024
The face-down spell has no mana cost and a mana value of 0. When you cast a face-down spell, put it on the stack face down so no other player knows what it is, and pay
to cast it. This is an alternative cost.
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