---
name: "Subtlety"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Incarnation"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Evoke", "Flash"]
set: "SPG"
set_name: "Special Guests"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Campbell White"
oracle_id: "377179d5-ac83-4d34-b5b1-f3d8caa60f79"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/subtlety-spg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Subtlety
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Incarnation
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Evoke, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, choose up to one target creature spell or planeswalker spell. Its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Evoke—Exile a blue card from your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aquatic Subtlety](/printing/aquatic-subtlety-yecl.md) — Sorcery
2. [Nevermaker](/printing/nevermaker-plst.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Wispmare](/printing/wispmare-lrw.md) — Creature — Elemental
4. [Aethersnipe](/printing/aethersnipe-2x2.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Subterfuge](/printing/subterfuge-ecc.md) — Creature — Elemental Incarnation
6. [Mulldrifter](/printing/mulldrifter-prm.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Special Guests (SPG) #45
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Campbell White
- **Total Printings:** 35 across all historical editions

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