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Leonardo's Technique
Card Information
Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 18
Oracle Text
Sneak {1}{W} (You may cast this spell for {1}{W} if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step.) Return one or two target creature cards each with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- January 27, 2026
Although a creature put onto the battlefield this way is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won't trigger when that creature enters attacking.
Source: wotc - January 27, 2026
Spells can only be cast for their sneak costs any time you could play an instant during the declare blockers step on your turn (after your opponent has decided whether to block).
Source: wotc - January 27, 2026
If a card in a graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
Source: wotc - January 27, 2026
If a creature spell's sneak cost was paid, the creature it becomes enters tapped and attacking the same player, planeswalker, or battle as the creature that was returned to its owner's hand to pay its sneak cost. This is a rule specific to sneak; in other cases, when a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking, that creature's controller chooses which player, planeswalker, or battle it's attacking.
Source: wotc
Price History
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