Butch DeLoria wants a deck that loves coin flips, dice rolls and wild surprises. It also suits a deck that is built around one creature type, like Elves or Dragons.
Mana cost
Black ()
Power / toughness2 / 2
RarityUncommon
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Tunnel Snakes Rule! — Whenever Butch DeLoria attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each other Rogue and/or Snake you control.
: Put a menace counter on another target creature. It becomes a Rogue in addition to its other types.
Picked for what they do in Butch DeLoria's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Butch DeLoria's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Open the full glossary
explain how Butch DeLoria works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary
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A permanent that's both a Rogue and a Snake is counted only once for Butch DeLoria's second ability.
Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryBPlayers write colors as letters: B for black.ChaosChaos decks fill the game with random effects like coin flips, dice rolls and random swaps, so nobody's plan goes as expected. It is built for fun and big stories more than for winning quickly.Open the Chaos pageText/Type/Color ShifterChanges what a card *is* rather than what it does: its color, its creature types, or the words in its text box. Often used to switch on cards that only interact with one color or type. Mycosynth Lattice, Leyline of the GuildpactOpen the Text/Type/Color Shifter pageType ChangerAdds a type to permanents on top of the types they already have. Making everything an artifact or a land switches on cards that only interact with that type. Liquimetal Torque, Phyrexian MetamorphOpen the Type Changer pageCombat TrickAn instant you cast during a fight to change how it ends: making a creature bigger or smaller, or keeping your creatures from dying. Boros Charm, Flawless ManeuverOpen the Combat Trick pageTypal/KindredTypal decks are built around one creature type, like Elves, Dragons or Zombies, with cards that make that type stronger. The type is printed after the dash on the card's type line, and the strategy is also called kindred or tribal.Open the Typal/Kindred pageTypal PayoffRewards you for playing lots of one kind of creature. That includes "lords" that make every other Goblin or Merfolk you control bigger, and cards that ask you to choose a creature type and then pay you off for it. A creature type is the word on the middle line of the card, like Goblin, Elf or Zombie.Open the Typal Payoff pageEvasionAn ability that makes a creature hard to block, so its attacks reach the player. Flying, menace, landwalk and plain 'can't be blocked' are the common kinds.Open the Evasion pageRoguesRogues are mostly black and blue thieves and tricksters. Some steal from opponents or put cards from their deck into their graveyard.Open the Rogues page
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