Printings
Deceit
Card Information
Type: Creature — Elemental Incarnation
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 6
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity: 
Set: Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL)
Rarity: Mythic
Collector Number: 212
Oracle Text
When this creature enters, if {U}{U} was spent to cast it, return up to one other target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. When this creature enters, if {B}{B} was spent to cast it, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Evoke {U/B}{U/B}
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Card Rulings
- November 17, 2025
Deceit's first and second abilities care about what mana was spent to pay its total cost, not just what mana was spent to pay the hybrid mana symbols in its cost.
Source: wotc - November 17, 2025
Deceit's first and second abilities check to see if at least two mana of the appropriate colors were spent to pay Deceit's cost. It doesn't matter if more than two mana of that color was spent; the effect isn't multiplied.
Source: wotc - November 17, 2025
If this spell is copied, the copy will not have had any colors of mana paid for it, no matter what colors were spent on the original spell.
Source: wotc
Price History
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