Unsubtle Mockery

Secrets of Strixhaven #136

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {2}{R}

Card text: Unsubtle Mockery deals 4 damage to target creature. Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Rarity: common

Artist: Joe Slucher

""He said it was 'physically impossible' to capture an exact likeness. The technique could use a little work, but I got the expression right." —Isobel, hot-headed artist"

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.11 USD · $0.13 USD (Foil) · €0.03 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✓ Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Unsubtle Mockery in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Owlin Historian

Creature — Bird Cleric

Owlin Historian gets +1/+1 when you surveil with Unsubtle Mockery, and it also triggers when cards leave your graveyard from surveil.

Textbook Tabulator

Creature — Frog Wizard

Textbook Tabulator has Increment and enters with surveil 2. Unsubtle Mockery provides removal with surveil, filling your graveyard for synergies.

Rubble Rouser

Creature — Dwarf Sorcerer

Rubble Rouser can exile cards from your graveyard for mana and damage. Unsubtle Mockery's surveil fills your graveyard with fuel.

uncommon

Garrison Excavator

Creature — Orc Sorcerer

Garrison Excavator creates Spirit tokens when cards leave your graveyard. Unsubtle Mockery's surveil can put cards in the graveyard to exile later.

rare

Ark of Hunger

Artifact

Ark of Hunger deals damage and gains life when cards leave your graveyard. Unsubtle Mockery mills cards that can be exiled or played for triggers.

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