Card Codex

M:tG card similarity search

17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Surprise Deployment

3W · Instant

Cast this spell only during combat. You may put a nonwhite creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. At the beginning of the next end step, return that creature to your hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

Similar cards

Color identity:
NameManaTypeText
The Moonbase Plane — Moon Low Gravity — All creatures have "{2}: This creature gains flying until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery." Whenever chaos ensues, for each opponent, choose up to one target creature card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield face down under your control. They're 2/2 Cyberman artifact creatures.
Insist GSorcery The next creature spell you cast this turn can't be countered. Draw a card.
Teachings of the Archaics 2USorcery — Lesson If an opponent has more cards in hand than you, draw two cards. Draw three cards instead if an opponent has at least four more cards in hand than you.
Scoria Wurm 4RCreature — Wurm At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, return Scoria Wurm to its owner's hand. 7/7
Meishin, the Mind Cage 4UUULegendary Enchantment All creatures get -X/-0, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Heroes of Kamigawa 1WUBLegendary Planeswalker — Kaito Wanderer Each spell you cast with a name printed in a Kamigawa expansion costs {1} less to cast. [+2]: Open up to one sealed Kamigawa booster pack and shuffle those cards into your booster pile. Look at the top four cards of your booster pile. Put two of those cards into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. [−3]: Return a creature card with a name printed in a Kamigawa expansion from your graveyard to the battlefield. Heroes of Kamigawa can be your commander. Loyalty 4
Secluded Glen Land As Secluded Glen enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Faerie card from your hand. If you don't, Secluded Glen enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.
Mind Extraction 2BSorcery As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Target player reveals their hand and discards all cards of each of the sacrificed creature's colors.
Halimar Tidecaller 2UCreature — Human Wizard Ally When Halimar Tidecaller enters the battlefield, you may return target card with awaken from your graveyard to your hand. Land creatures you control have flying. 2/3
Moderation 1WUEnchantment You can't cast more than one spell each turn. Whenever you cast a spell, draw a card.
Page 196