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WiretappingHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Streets of New Capenna· April 29, 2022
Carte Magic Wiretapping

Wiretapping 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.

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Official card text

Hideaway 5 (When this enchantment enters, look at the top five cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Whenever you draw your first card during each of your draw steps, draw a card. Then if you have nine or more cards in hand, you may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

How it works : Wiretapping

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    “Hideaway N” means “When this permanent enters the battlefield, look at the top N cards of your library. Exile one of them face down and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. The exiled card gains ‘The player who controls the permanent that exiled this card may look at this card in the exile zone.'”

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    Any player who has controlled a permanent with a hideaway ability since a card was exiled with it may look at that card.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    Previously, permanents with hideaway entered the battlefield tapped. This ability has been removed from the definition of hideaway. Older cards have received errata to have an additional paragraph that reads “[This permanent] enters the battlefield tapped,” and they now have hideaway 4.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  4. #4· Wizards of the Coast

    Hideaway now causes you to put the rest of the cards on the bottom of your library in a random order instead of any order.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Legal formats

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