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Involuntary Employment
Oracle Text
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
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Character Background
Involuntary Employment is a classic red tempo tool in Magic: The Gathering, and its name perfectly captures the card’s mischievous battlefield logic: you “hire” an enemy creature for a turn, send it rushing back into combat, and cash out a Treasure on the side. Best suited for aggressive or midrange-red decks, it doubles as reach and surprise damage, especially when stealing a blocker and turning it sideways for lethal pressure. The Treasure matters more than it first appears, helping you pivot from a temporary swing into a slightly faster follow-up play, or even splash another color in a multicolor deck. It also pairs nicely with sacrifice synergies, since the stolen creature can attack, block, or be used as removal by forcing awkward combat. In limited, it is often a strong tempo swing; in constructed, it rewards decks that want haste-enabled bursts and extra mana without committing to permanent theft.
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Character Background
Involuntary Employment is a classic red tempo tool in Magic: The Gathering, and its name perfectly captures the card’s mischievous battlefield logic: you “hire” an enemy creature for a turn, send it rushing back into combat, and cash out a Treasure on the side. Best suited for aggressive or midrange-red decks, it doubles as reach and surprise damage, especially when stealing a blocker and turning it sideways for lethal pressure. The Treasure matters more than it first appears, helping you pivot from a temporary swing into a slightly faster follow-up play, or even splash another color in a multicolor deck. It also pairs nicely with sacrifice synergies, since the stolen creature can attack, block, or be used as removal by forcing awkward combat. In limited, it is often a strong tempo swing; in constructed, it rewards decks that want haste-enabled bursts and extra mana without committing to permanent theft.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 13:20:44 UTC