Vizier of Deferment is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flash When this creature enters, you may exile target creature if it attacked or blocked this turn. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Complete guide
Vizier of Deferment is a versatile Human Cleric that can disrupt your opponent's combat plans or retrigger your own powerful abilities. With Flash, she can appear at a moment's notice to temporarily remove a threat that has dared to attack or block. Understanding her timing is key to mastering her potential on the battlefield.
Tactical Disappearance
When Vizier of Deferment enters the battlefield, you can choose to exile any creature that was declared as an attacker or blocker during the current turn. This ability functions both during combat and in the post-combat main phase. However, note that creatures that were 'put onto the battlefield attacking' (like those created by certain abilities) were never declared as attackers and thus cannot be affected by this ability.
The Resolution Process
Once the ability targets a valid creature, that creature is moved to the exile zone immediately. It remains there until the beginning of the next end step, at which point it returns to the battlefield under its owner's control. Because it returns as a 'new object,' it loses all counters, Auras fall off, and any Equipment becomes unattached. If the exiled creature was a token, it ceases to exist and will not return.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
A frequent error is trying to use Vizier of Deferment to save a creature from a 'destroy' spell like Murder. While the exile happens, the creature only returns at the next end step, meaning it won't be back in time to block other attackers. Also, remember that the target must have been declared as an attacker or blocker specifically; simply being in combat is not enough if the creature was put into play already attacking.
When to Play It
The best time to cast Vizier of Deferment is during the Declare Blockers step to remove a dangerous attacker before it deals damage, or during your own turn to 'blink' a creature with a powerful enter-the-battlefield ability. Since the creature returns at the next end step, if you cast this during an opponent's end step, the creature won't return until the end of the following turn!
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf you attack with Solemn Simulacrum and it is blocked, you can flash in Vizier of Deferment after combat. By exiling your own Simulacrum, it will return at the end step, allowing you to search for another basic land card thanks to its enter-the-battlefield trigger.
Roaming ThroneWith Roaming Throne on the battlefield naming 'Human,' Vizier of Deferment's ability triggers twice when she enters. You can target two different creatures that attacked or blocked, exiling both of them until the next end step. This effectively clears the board of multiple threats or resets multiple of your own enter-the-battlefield effects.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Vizier of Deferment
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Vizier of Deferment’s triggered ability can target any creature, but it will affect a creature only if that creature was declared as an attacker or blocker this turn, whether you cast Vizier of Deferment during combat or later in the turn. Notably, the ability won’t affect a creature that entered the battlefield attacking or blocking.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
After the target creature returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the creature that was exiled. It won’t be in combat or have any additional abilities it may have had when it was exiled. Any counters on it or Auras attached to it are removed, and any Equipment will no longer be attached.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
A token creature exiled this way won’t return to the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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