Card database
Raphael's Technique
Legal
Type line
Instant
Oracle text
Sneak (You may cast this spell for if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step.) Each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards.
Rulings
- Although a creature put onto the battlefield this way is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won't trigger when that creature enters attacking.2026-01-27
- A player may choose to discard their hand even if their hand contains zero cards.2026-01-27
- If a creature spell's sneak cost was paid, the creature it becomes enters tapped and attacking the same player, planeswalker, or battle as the creature that was returned to its owner's hand to pay its sneak cost. This is a rule specific to sneak; in other cases, when a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking, that creature's controller chooses which player, planeswalker, or battle it's attacking.2026-01-27
- Spells can only be cast for their sneak costs any time you could play an instant during the declare blockers step on your turn (after your opponent has decided whether to block).2026-01-27
Market price
$0.30
Commanders that play this card
Use over time
2 public decks with Raphael's Technique saved in the last 12 weeks, by the week each was last saved. Approximate: a deck counts in the week it was saved, not every week it held the card.
Jul 20This week
Often played with
Across the 2 public decks that play Raphael's Technique. That's a thin sample — treat these as observations, not staples.
2 of 2 (100%)
2 of 2 (100%)
1 of 2 (50%)
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1 of 2 (50%)
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1 of 2 (50%)
1 of 2 (50%)
1 of 2 (50%)
1 of 2 (50%)