Behind the Mask
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor #39 (common)
- Price
- $0.21 USD
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. (Exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)
Until end of turn, target artifact or creature becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/3. If evidence was collected, it has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn instead.
Behind the Mask has 1 printing, first in Murders at Karlov Manor (2024). EDHREC ranks it #19,020 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate decks (165 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Behind the Mask most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate: 165 decks
Often played with Behind the Mask
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If Behind the Mask causes a Vehicle to become an artifact creature, it doesn't count as "crewing" that Vehicle for any ability that would trigger off of a Vehicle becoming crewed.
- : Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.
- : Behind the Mask will overwrite any previous effects that set a creature or Vehicle's power and toughness to specific numbers. Effects that otherwise modify its power and toughness will still apply no matter when they took effect. The same is true for +1/+1 counters.
- : If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.