---
name: "Overt Operative"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Ninja Rigger"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Assemble", "Menace"]
set: "UST"
set_name: "Unstable"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Bram Sels"
oracle_id: "391df15f-e346-46aa-8987-56dfb18c1844"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/overt-operative-ust"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Overt Operative
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Ninja Rigger
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Assemble, Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it assembles a Contraption. (Put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)

> *Saw her coming. Didn't matter.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Steady-Handed Mook](/printing/steady-handed-mook-ust.md) — Creature — Human Rigger
2. [Suspicious Nanny](/printing/suspicious-nanny-ust.md) — Creature — Human Spy Rigger
3. [Joyride Rigger](/printing/joyride-rigger-ust.md) — Creature — Goblin Rigger
4. [Crafty Octopus](/printing/crafty-octopus-ust.md) — Host Creature — Octopus Rigger
5. [Wrench-Rigger](/printing/wrench-rigger-ust.md) — Creature — Goblin Rigger
6. [Steamflogger of the Month](/printing/steamflogger-of-the-month-ulst.md) — Creature — Goblin Rigger

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unstable (UST) #64
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Bram Sels

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