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    Hide in Plain Sight

    Sorcery

    Hide in Plain Sight

    Illustrated by Vincent Christiaens

    EDHREC Rank #11,153
    Look at the top five cards of your library, cloak two of them, and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward 2 generic mana . Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

    The trees look beautiful... until they look back.

    Rulings (14)

    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.

    Feb 2, 2024

    If something tries to turn a face-down instant or sorcery card on the battlefield face up, reveal that card to show all players it's an instant or sorcery card. The permanent remains on the battlefield face down. Abilities that trigger when a permanent turns face up won't trigger, because even though you revealed the card, it never turned face up.

    Feb 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.

    Feb 2, 2024

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    Competitive

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    Community & retro

    Prints (4)

    Hide in Plain Sight — Murders at Karlov Manor
    MKM#166$0.23
    Murders at Karlov Manor
    Hide in Plain Sight — Murders at Karlov Manor
    MKM#410$0.25
    Murders at Karlov Manor