Slickshot Lockpicker
Creature — Human Rogue
When this creature enters, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Plot 
(You may pay and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #10645
Slickshot Lockpicker hits the board and immediately replaces itself with a card, making the spell-matters tax essentially free if you're already casting noncreature spells. Kellan, the Kid decks run it in nearly half their lists because a one-mana 1/1 that draws a card is exactly the kind of cheap cantrip body that keeps spell chains alive.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kellan, the Kid
Kellan, the Kid wants a critical mass of cheap noncreature spells to trigger his attack ability, and Slickshot Lockpicker is a one-mana body that cantrips and feeds that count simultaneously — it does two jobs for one mana.
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Neerdiv, Devious Diver cares about casting instants and sorceries, so Slickshot Lockpicker pulls double duty as both a spell-count trigger and a card-neutral play that doesn't cost tempo.
Geralf, the Fleshwright
Geralf, the Fleshwright generates zombie tokens off noncreature spells, and Slickshot Lockpicker is a cheap cantrip that smooths draws while keeping the spell count ticking — low opportunity cost for a meaningful payoff.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Slickshot Lockpicker earns its slot in any deck that rewards casting noncreature spells — it's card-neutral at minimum and card-positive in any shell that gives it a bonus trigger. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's on the fringe: one-mana 1/1s need to do more than cantrip to see real play, and Slickshot Lockpicker's conditional text rarely lines up with the speed those formats demand. Legacy has enough redundancy in efficient cantrip creatures that it doesn't make the cut there either. Standard is where it has the most room to breathe outside Commander, since the card pool is shallow enough that a one-mana draw-a-card body can find a home in the right aggro-spell hybrid deck.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Slickshot Lockpicker is deep bulk — pick up as many as you need without a second thought. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate, so treat it as a pure gameplay acquisition.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.