Subtlety
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
Flash Flying When this creature enters, choose up to one target creature spell or planeswalker spell. Its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. Evoke—Exile a blue card from your hand.
First printed in Modern Horizons 2 Promos
Legality
| Format | Status | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Brawl | Banned | June 29, 2026 |
| Commander | Legal | |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal | |
| Duel Commander | Legal | |
| Gladiator | Legal | |
| Historic | Banned | June 14, 2024 |
| Legacy | Legal | |
| Modern | Legal | |
| Oathbreaker | Legal | |
| Old School 93/94 | Legal | |
| Pauper | Not legal | |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal | |
| Pioneer | Not legal | |
| PreDH | Not legal | |
| Premodern | Not legal | |
| Standard | Not legal | |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal | |
| Timeless | Legal | |
| Tiny Leaders: Reborn | Not legal | |
| Vintage | Legal |
Rulings
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an evoke cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
The owner of the spell is the one who chooses whether it goes on the top or bottom of their library. All players will know this information.
Subtlety's triggered ability targets a spell on the stack. It can't target creatures or planeswalkers on the battlefield.
A spell that's put into its owner's library doesn't resolve, but it isn't countered. This will work on spells that say they can't be countered.
If you pay the evoke cost, you can have the creature's own triggered ability resolve before the evoke triggered ability. You can cast spells after that ability resolves but before you have to sacrifice the creature.