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Headliner Scarlett

Headliner Scarlett

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

Headliner Scarlett wants a deck that turns its opponents against each other. It also works in a deck built around Humans, Library Manipulation or Warlocks.

  • Mana cost3 genericred
  • Red ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityRare

Haste

When Headliner Scarlett enters, creatures target player controls can't block this turn.

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library face down. You may look at and play that card this turn.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Headliner Scarlett

Picked for what they do in Headliner Scarlett's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Headliner Scarlett'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.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Headliner Scarlett

explain how Headliner Scarlett 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

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

If Headliner Scarlett leaves the battlefield, the effect allowing you to look at and play the exiled card continues to apply for the rest of the turn.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

Once the turn ends, you can't look at or play the card exiled with Headliner Scarlett that turn. It remains face down in exile, and no one can look at it.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

You pay all costs and follow all normal timing rules for a card played this way. For example, if the exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.

3 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Headliner Scarlett, and what they share.

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 glossaryRPlayers write colors as letters: R for red.PoliticsPolitics decks turn opponents against each other, making their creatures attack someone else or letting the whole table vote. Goad is the most common tool: a goaded creature must attack, and must attack someone other than you if it can.Open the Politics pageForced CombatForces creatures to attack, or decides who they attack, often with goad. In multiplayer it points other people's creatures at each other instead of at you. Bident of Thassa, Toski, Bearer of SecretsOpen the Forced Combat pageCard SelectionImproves what you draw rather than how much: you look at the top few cards of your library and decide what stays on top. Ponder lets you rearrange the top three, Serum Visions lets you scry, and Consider lets you surveil. It makes your draws more reliable without giving you extra cards.Open the Card Selection pageImpulse DrawExiles cards from the top of your library and lets you play them for a short time, usually only that turn. You have to use them or lose them. Act on Impulse Prosper, Tome-BoundOpen the Impulse Draw pageETB ValueDoes something useful the moment it arrives: an enter the battlefield ability, which players shorten to ETB. You keep that effect even if the card is removed straight afterwards, which is why these pair so well with flicker cards that make them enter again. Solemn Simulacrum, The One RingOpen the ETB Value pageLibrary ManipulationCards that let you look at, rearrange or play from the top of your deck, so you control what you draw next.Open the Library Manipulation page