Cunning Rhetoric
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Commander 2021 #365 (rare)
- Price
- $4.71 USD
Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
Cunning Rhetoric has 5 printings, first in Commander 2021 (2021). EDHREC ranks it #2,690 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gonti, Canny Acquisitor decks (7,038 on EDHREC). 3 public decks on TCG run it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Cunning Rhetoric
- Enduring Enchantments - Commander Masters, led by Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
- Grand Larceny - Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander, led by Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
- Silverquill Statement - Commander 2021, led by Breena, the Demagogue
Commanders that run Cunning Rhetoric most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Gonti, Canny Acquisitor: 7,038 decks
- Don Andres, the Renegade: 4,110 decks
- Tasha, the Witch Queen: 3,938 decks
- Gonti, Night Minister: 3,869 decks
- Breena, the Demagogue: 2,413 decks
- Laughing Jasper Flint: 2,233 decks
- Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter: 2,107 decks
- Prosper, Tome-Bound: 1,795 decks
Often played with Cunning Rhetoric
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You'll still pay all costs for a spell cast this way, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs if any are available.
- : You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for the exiled card. If it's a land, you can't play it unless you have land plays available.
- : If you play a card this way, it leaves exile and becomes a new object. If it returns to exile later in the turn, you can't play it again.