Hidden Strings

Sorcery

You may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent.

Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

9-lives on Tetsuko Umezawa and Prosthetic Injector

1 week ago

Does Ghostly Touch and Hidden Strings let me tap/untap my opponent's lands? It would be occurring during the combat phase, so I'm wondering if it would be useful to tap my opponent's lands? If not, I could always tap creatures and untap my own lands.

9-lives on Void Shatter's Thousand Virulent Cuts

1 week ago

Does Ghostly Touch and Hidden Strings let me tap/untap my opponent's lands? It would be occurring during the combat phase, so I'm wondering if it would be useful to tap my opponent's lands? If not, I could always tap creatures and untap my own lands.

austintayshus on Boot Scootin' Booger - Felix Five Boots

3 weeks ago

yeah the only ones i'd really consider are Hidden Strings and Stolen Identity

IHATENAMES on Ever Watchful

1 month ago

Cool deck i love the commander! Overall looks like it can hold down the board but has trouble finishing games. So I would suggest looking into more wincons.

Perhaps the instant sorcery make a token permanents like Monastery Mentor Docent of Perfection  ^Flip Talrand, Sky Summoner

Candlekeep Inspiration blue over run effect. With all of the instant/sorcerys

Unique not from hand cast cards maybe worth considering some are better then others.

Hidden Strings

Future Sight

Spelltwine

Synthesis Pod

Mind's Desire

Chaos Wand

Isochron Scepter

distantfreedom on Spell Sear

3 months ago

ViscountVonSausageRoll is right. Cast Hidden Strings while Sprite Dragon is on the field and let it resolve, then use the Cipher keyword to encode it on Sprite Dragon and you'll get to cast a copy if it deals combat damage to a player. That free cast of Hidden Strings triggers Sprite Dragon's ability, Aria of Flame's effect, and Thermo-Alchemist's ability, which is everything I could ask for in this deck. For free? No way am I passing that up.

ViscountVonSausageRoll on Spell Sear

3 months ago

I think what our friendly Planeswalker distantfreedom is referring to is: If Hidden Strings is on Sprite Dragon then every time it deals combat damage to an opponent it free-casts a spell, thusly triggering Sprite Dragon's ability and giving it a +1/+1 counter.

The tap/untap effect of the spell would be used presumably for either Thermo-Alchemist or two of our Islands.

Balaam__ on Spell Sear

3 months ago

Maybe I’m just missing something obvious, but how does Hidden Strings combo with Sprite Dragon?

azulryu on I'd Untap that

4 months ago

Love this deck. You gave me a couple of ideas for mine except I run Black instead of White. Ever considered adding the following?

• Somnophore: Keeps creatures tapped indefinitely.
• Hidden Strings and Hands of Binding can repeatedly be casted due to cipher ability.
• Orb of Dreams paired with Amulet of Vigor would slow your opponent further while ensuring everything that comes onto your field is untapped.