Deceit

four generic mana one blue or black mana Creature — Elemental IncarnationPower and toughness5/5

When this creature enters, if one blue mana was spent to cast it, return up to one other target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

When this creature enters, if one black mana was spent to cast it, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Evoke one blue or black mana

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Deceit rulings

2025-11-17
Deceit's first and second abilities check to see if at least two mana of the appropriate colors were spent to pay Deceit's cost. It doesn't matter if more than two mana of that color was spent; the effect isn't multiplied.
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To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an evoke cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
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If you pay the evoke cost, you can have the creature's own triggered ability or abilities resolve before the evoke triggered ability. You can cast spells after that ability resolves but before you have to sacrifice the creature.
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Deceit's first and second abilities care about what mana was spent to pay its total cost, not just what mana was spent to pay the hybrid mana symbols in its cost.
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If this spell is copied, the copy will not have had any colors of mana paid for it, no matter what colors were spent on the original spell.

Deceit keyword rules

Evoke Rule 702.74

Evoke represents two abilities: a static ability that functions in any zone from which the card with evoke can be cast and a triggered ability that functions on the battlefield. “Evoke [cost]” means “You may cast this card by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost” and “When this permanent enters, if its evoke cost was paid, its controller sacrifices it.” Casting a spell for its evoke cost follows the rules for paying alternative costs in rules and –h.