Pyrotechnic Performer
Pyrotechnic Performer: Creature - Lizard Assassin, Murders at Karlov Manor. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Lizard Assassin
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 3/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 140
- Artist
- Peter Polach
- Commander rank
- 11,682 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Disguise
Build around this card with Grover
About Pyrotechnic Performer
Pyrotechnic Performer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), an expansion set released in February 2024. It is collector number 140 in that set, with art by Peter Polach. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Disguise {R} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
Whenever this creature or another creature you control is turned face up, that creature deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
"Let's get this party started."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Pyrotechnic Performer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Pyrotechnic Performer
Pyrotechnic Performer has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #407 | Rare | 2024 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM) #140p | Rare | 2024 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM) #140s | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Pyrotechnic Performer, newest first.
- If a face-down spell leaves the stack and goes to any zone other than the battlefield (if it was countered, for example), you must reveal it. Similarly, if a face-down permanent leaves the battlefield, you must reveal it. You must also reveal all face-down spells and permanents you control if you leave the game or the game ends.
- Turning a permanent face up or face down doesn't change whether that permanent is tapped or untapped.
- At any time, you can look at a face-down spell or permanent you control. You can't look at face-down permanents or spells you don't control unless an effect instructs or allows you to do so.
- If a creature that is turned face up leaves the battlefield before Pyrotechnic Performer's triggered ability resolves, use that creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage it deals.
- If a face-down creature loses its abilities, it can't be turned face up with a disguise ability because it will no longer have a disguise ability (or a disguise cost) once face up.
- Any time you have priority, you may turn the face-down creature face up by revealing what its disguise cost is and paying that cost. This is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to. Only a face-down permanent can be turned face up this way; a face-down spell cannot.
- Because the permanent is on the battlefield both before and after it's turned face up, turning a permanent face up doesn't cause any enters-the-battlefield abilities to trigger.
- Because face-down creatures don't have a name, they can't have the same name as any other creature, even another face-down creature.
Similar cards
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