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Cyclonus, the Saboteur

{2}{U}{B}

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot

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Cyclonus, the Saboteur shown
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Frame
2015 · Full art
Pull rate
~1 in 151–555
Illustrator
Volta Creation
Found in
The Brothers' War Collector Booster Pack
Printings2CombosIn 2
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
More Than Meets the Eye {5}{U}{B} (You may cast this card converted for {5}{U}{B}.) Flying Whenever Cyclonus deals combat damage to a player, it connives. Then if Cyclonus's power is 5 or greater, convert it. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
2/5
More Than Meets the EyeFlying

Plays as: Card Draw · Looting · Combat Damage Trigger · Is Vehicle

Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.3%
$6.99
$3.99 low-$0.41 gap
Foil+0.0%
$55.41
$109.99 low$43.99 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.95· across 2 printings

Rulings

15 · latest Oct 14, 2022 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    "Living metal" means "As long as it's your turn, this permanent is an artifact creature in addition to its other types."

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    "More Than Meets the Eye [cost]" means "You may cast this card converted by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost." It functions in any zone from which the spell can be cast.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    After Cyclonus, Cybertronian Fighter converts into Cyclonus, the Saboteur, it's still an attacking creature in combat, and will still have any gained abilities. Notably, if it has somehow gained double strike, it will convert before dealing combat damage in the regular combat damage step. This may cause it to convert again when it deals combat damage to a player a second time.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Any triggered ability of another card that triggers whenever a permanent transforms will also trigger whenever a permanent converts.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Converting a permanent doesn't affect any Auras or Equipment that are attached to it. Similarly, any counters on the permanent will remain on that permanent after it converts. Any continuous effects from a resolved spell or ability will continue to affect it. Any spells or abilities on the stack that target a permanent continue to do so after that permanent converts.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    If a static ability of another permanent applies only to noncreature permanents, that ability applies to a Vehicle with living metal only during your opponents' turns. For example, if you control Arcee, Acrobatic Coupe and March of the Machines, Arcee will be a 2/2 artifact creature during your turn and a 3/3 artifact creature (because its mana value is 3) during each opponent's turn.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    If you copy a permanent spell cast this way, the copy has the characteristics of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Similarly, an ability of another card that instructs you to "transform" one of these cards will cause you to convert it, even if that ability doesn't use the word "convert."

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    The convert keyword action functions the same way as the transform keyword action found on some other cards; to convert a permanent on the battlefield, turn it over so that its other face is up.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    The cost is an alternative cost, so it can't be combined with any other alternative costs. It can be combined with any applicable additional costs.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    The mana value of a converted permanent on the battlefield is equal to the mana value of the card's front face, no matter which face is up.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a More Than Meets the Eye cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using More Than Meets the Eye is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    When you cast a spell using its More Than Meets the Eye ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all characteristics of that face.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    While it's a creature, the Vehicle has its printed power and toughness.