Thalakos Deceiver
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Thalakos Wizard
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Stronghold #45 (rare)
- Price
- $4.46 USD
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, gain control of target creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Thalakos Deceiver has 1 printing, first in Stronghold (1998). EDHREC ranks it #16,238 among Commander cards. It appears most in Muddle, the Ever-Changing decks (495 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Thalakos Deceiver most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Muddle, the Ever-Changing: 495 decks
- Lyna, Veil of Vengeance: 479 decks
- Empress Galina: 319 decks
- Kira, Great Glass-Spinner: 51 decks
Often played with Thalakos Deceiver
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : An ability that triggers when something "attacks and isn't blocked" triggers in the declare blockers step after blockers are declared if (1) that creature is attacking and (2) no creatures are declared to block it. It will trigger even if that creature was put onto the battlefield attacking rather than having been declared as an attacker in the declare attackers step.
- : If an attacking creature has multiple evasion abilities, such as shadow and flying, a creature can block it only if that creature satisfies all of the appropriate evasion abilities.
- : Multiple instances of shadow on the same creature are redundant.
- : Once a creature has been blocked, that creature remains blocked and will deal and be dealt combat damage even if it gains or loses shadow or if the blocking creature gains or loses shadow.