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Pioneer Challenger Decks 2021 (Q06 | #5 | 2021-10-15)
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Hidden Strings

1U
Sorcery
Artist: Daarken

You may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent.

Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

U
$0.36 cheapest print

Prices

Set # Treatment Finish Price (USD)
Pioneer Challenger Decks 2021 5 Regular Nonfoil $0.37
Dragon's Maze 12 Regular Nonfoil $0.36
Dragon's Maze 12 Regular Foil $37.01

Price History

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Printings (3)

Hidden Strings — Pioneer Challenger Decks 2021
Pioneer Challenger Decks 2021
#5 Common $0.37
Regular Nonfoil
Daarken
Hidden Strings — Dragon's Maze
Dragon's Maze
#12 Common $0.36
Regular Nonfoil Foil
Daarken
Hidden Strings — Pioneer Masters
Pioneer Masters
#328 Uncommon —
Regular Nonfoil
Daarken

Rulings

2013-04-15 wotc
You choose the creature as the spell resolves. The cipher ability doesn’t target that creature, although the spell with cipher may target that creature (or a different creature) because of its other abilities.
2013-04-15 wotc
You cast the copy of the card with cipher during the resolution of the triggered ability. Ignore timing restrictions based on the card’s type.
2013-04-15 wotc
The spell with cipher is encoded on the creature as part of that spell’s resolution, just after the spell’s other effects. That card goes directly from the stack to exile. It never goes to the graveyard.
2013-04-15 wotc
The exiled card with cipher grants a triggered ability to the creature it’s encoded on. If that creature loses that ability and subsequently deals combat damage to a player, the triggered ability won’t trigger. However, the exiled card will continue to be encoded on that creature.
2013-04-15 wotc
The copy of the card with cipher is created in and cast from exile.
2013-04-15 wotc
If you want to encode the card with cipher onto a noncreature permanent such as a Keyrune that can turn into a creature, that permanent has to be a creature before the spell with cipher starts resolving. You can choose only a creature to encode the card onto.
2013-04-15 wotc
If you choose not to cast the copy, or you can’t cast it (perhaps because there are no legal targets available), the copy will cease to exist the next time state-based actions are performed. You won’t get a chance to cast the copy at a later time.
2013-04-15 wotc
If the spell with cipher doesn’t resolve, none of its effects will happen, including cipher. The card will go to its owner’s graveyard and won’t be encoded on a creature.
2013-04-15 wotc
If the creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card will no longer be encoded on any creature. It will stay exiled.
2013-04-15 wotc
If another player gains control of the creature, that player will control the triggered ability. That player will create a copy of the encoded card and may cast it.
2013-04-15 wotc
If a creature with an encoded card deals combat damage to more than one player simultaneously (perhaps because some of the combat damage was redirected), the triggered ability will trigger once for each player it deals combat damage to. Each ability will create a copy of the exiled card and allow you to cast it.

Format Legality

Standard Not Legal
Future Not Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Gladiator Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Pauper Legal
Vintage Legal
Penny Not Legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Standardbrawl Not Legal
Brawl Legal
Alchemy Not Legal
Paupercommander Legal
Duel Legal
Oldschool Not Legal
Premodern Not Legal
Predh Not Legal