Illuminator Virtuoso
Illuminator Virtuoso: Creature - Human Rogue, Streets of New Capenna. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Human Rogue
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna (SNC)
- Released
- 2022-04-29
- Collector number
- 17
- Artist
- John Stanko
- Keywords
- Double strike, Connive
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About Illuminator Virtuoso
Illuminator Virtuoso is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white creature from Streets of New Capenna (SNC), an expansion set released in April 2022. It is collector number 17 in that set, with art by John Stanko. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Streets of New Capenna is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Double strike
Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell you control, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
The Obscura reserve their keenest blades for traitors in their midst.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Illuminator Virtuoso by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Illuminator Virtuoso, newest first.
- If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. If you discard a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything. Abilities that trigger “when [that creature] connives” will trigger.
- Once an ability that causes a creature to connive begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the conniving creature after you discard a nonland card but before it receives a counter.
- If no card is discarded, most likely because that player's hand is empty and an effect says they can't draw cards, the conniving creature does not receive a +1/+1 counter.
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