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Sly Spy

{2}{B}

Creature — Human Spy

USTUnstable#67euncommon
Foil

The Agents of S.N.E.A.K.—Spies Nimbly Eluding Adversaries' Knives.

Border
silver
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 120–5760
Illustrator
Michael Phillippi
Found in
Unstable Booster Pack
Printings1
CommanderNot legalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyNot legal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerNot legal
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
VintageNot legal
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player reveals the top card of their library. Put that card into your hand and you lose life equal to its mana value.
2/2

Plays as: Combat Damage Trigger · Life Outlet

Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.37
$0.23 low$0.22 gap
Foil—
—
$11.99 low$5.99 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.37· across 1 printing

Rulings

3 · latest Jan 19, 2018 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    If you cast a permanent card put into your hand this way, you’ll control the permanent it becomes. However, Sly Spy doesn’t change who its owner is. It’s put into its owner’s graveyard. If it’s returned to its owner’s hand, it will go to the hand of its actual owner, and so on.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    If you cast an instant or sorcery card put into your hand this way, it’ll be put into its owner’s graveyard as it resolves.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    While the card is in your hand, if it would be shuffled into your library, it’s instead shuffled into its owner’s library.

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