First printed in Onslaught (2002)

Trickery Charm

Instant

Choose one —
• Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
• Target creature becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn.
• Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Legality

Legal in: Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

Combos

43 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Reckless Fireweaver + Trickery Charm
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Trickery Charm + Weftstalker Ardent
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Ingenious Artillerist + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Trickery Charm
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: HYDRA Assault Robot + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Trickery Charm
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Activated Sleeper + Ashling's Command + Carnage, Crimson Chaos + Trickery Charm
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Activated Sleeper + Carnage, Crimson Chaos + Grub's Command + Trickery Charm
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Activated Sleeper + Carnage, Crimson Chaos + Sygg's Command + Trickery Charm
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Activated Sleeper + Brigid's Command + Carnage, Crimson Chaos + Trickery Charm
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Activated Sleeper + Carnage, Crimson Chaos + Trickery Charm + Trystan's Command
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite damage: The Great Goblin + Trickery Charm + War Elemental

See all 43 on Commander Spellbook

Commander In 66 of 6150 decks (1.1%), most in Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce

Share of decks

1.1%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

66 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

36%

12 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce	0.7%	73%
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower	0.3%	95%
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator	0.3%	75%
Akiri, Line-Slinger + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Glint-Horn Buccaneer	100%	58.0
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator	100%	56.9
Simian Spirit Guide	100%	2.1
Command Tower	100%	1.2
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Mystic Remora	98%	1.5
Lotus Petal	98%	1.1
Deflecting Swat	97%	1.8
Mental Misstep	97%	1.5
Fierce Guardianship	95%	1.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Justin Mcnutt in Paragon Gaming October 24th CEDH $3K	4-2 67%
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Samuel Teoh in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	3-2 60%
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Thomas Lowe (Sentinel) in Blast Off Gaming Whispers From The Archives cEDH Tournament!	2-3 40%
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce Juan Vargas in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	2-3 40%
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Doug Buchanan in King of Games Series 19: The Overhaul	2-3 40%
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce Owen Brown in Perfect Storm Comics & Games - Tabernacle 10K	2-3 40%
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce Sean Nessinger in BAKED ZITI 4: Goldsabertooth’s NY cEDH	2-4 33%
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Joseph Buckohr in Paragon Gaming October 24th CEDH $3K	1-4 20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower andrew knudskov, 25 Oct	1 main	#26 0-3
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce Johnnie, 25 Oct	1 main	#16 1-2
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Ian Illian, 25 Oct	1 main	#6 1-2
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Vial Smasher the Fierce Bito, 25 Oct	1 main	#28 0-5
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator James Coleman, 24 Oct	1 main	#29 0-3
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower DANIEL ORAVET, 24 Oct	1 main	#1 3-0
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Hives, 24 Oct	1 main	#10 1-2
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Justin Mcnutt, 24 Oct	1 main	#3 4-2

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Duel Commander.