---
name: "Illuminator Virtuoso"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Rogue"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Double strike", "Connive"]
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "17"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Stanko"
oracle_id: "ed2af15e-955b-43a1-80af-2484be373db3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/illuminator-virtuoso-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Illuminator Virtuoso
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Double strike, Connive

## Oracle Text
Double strike
Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell you control, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

> *常夜会一家は、身内の裏切り者のために最も鋭利な刃をとっておく。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hypnotic Grifter](/printing/hypnotic-grifter-snc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
2. [Raffine's Informant](/printing/raffines-informant-snc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Scurrilous Sentry](/printing/scurrilous-sentry-mh3.md) — Creature — Human Knight Rogue
4. [Psionic Snoop](/printing/psionic-snoop-snc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Doc Ock's Henchmen](/printing/doc-ocks-henchmen-msc.md) — Creature — Human Villain
6. [Mob Lookout](/printing/mob-lookout-msc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue Villain

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #17
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Stanko
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`