Cloak and Dagger, Entwined

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A 3cmc 2/2 deathtouch/lifelink legendary creature that bundles hand inspection, targeted hand exile OR creature removal-exile on a single ETB trigger. This is a high-value midrange threat in Orzhov control and death-and-taxes shells — it's essentially Kitesail Freebooter stapled to a Thoughtseize body with a relevant keyword suite. In Brawl it's a tier-1 commander or 99 threat since 1v1 hand disruption is more impactful; in Commander it drops to tier-2 due to only disrupting one opponent and being vulnerable to bounce/blink loops opponents can exploit to reset the hostage.

• The exile effect is duration-based (until Cloak and Dagger leave the battlefield), so opponents can exploit blink or bounce on this creature to free their exiled card or creature — this is an unusual vulnerability for a removal-exile effect.

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• The ETB can target either a card from hand OR a creature already in play, making it flexible disruption that functions as both hand disruption and creature removal-exile depending on the game state.

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• In multiplayer Commander the hand-reveal and exile only hit one opponent, which significantly reduces its value compared to 1v1 Brawl where every opponent is already the chosen one.

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• EDHREC rank: #29,706