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Visage Bandit

Blue

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Visage Bandit, Outlaws of Thunder Junction printing
Outlaws of Thunder Junction OTJ · No. 76 2024-04-19

Card text

{3}{U}
Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control, except it's a Shapeshifter Rogue in addition to its other types. Plot {2}{U} (You may pay {2}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
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Keywords: Plot
EDHREC rank #7412 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

12 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Visage Bandit enters the battlefield. Any “as [this creature] enters the battlefield” or “[this creature] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the copied creature will also work.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

If a plotted card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

Except for the listed exceptions, Visage Bandit copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

If the copied creature is copying something else, then Visage Bandit enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied, with the stated exceptions.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Visage Bandit simply enters the battlefield as a 2/2 Shapeshifter Rogue creature.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

Plot abilities are written “Plot [cost],” which means “Any time you have priority during your main phase while the stack is empty, you may pay [cost] and exile this card from your hand. It becomes plotted.”

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

Exiling a card using its plot ability is a special action. Once you announce you’re taking that action, no other player can respond by trying to remove that card from your hand.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

If the copied creature is a token, Visage Bandit copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token, with the stated exceptions.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

If you’re casting a plotted card from exile without paying its mana cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the plotted card has any mandatory additional costs, those must still be paid to cast the spell.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

You can’t cast a plotted card on the same turn it became plotted. On any future turn, you may cast that card from exile without paying its mana cost during your main phase while the stack is empty.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

If Visage Bandit somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, Visage Bandit can’t become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that’s already on the battlefield.

2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast

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