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Adamaro, First to Desire

Legendary Creature — Spirit1 generic manaRed manaRed mana

Putting a creature's body entirely in someone else's hand is a strange move for red, the color built to empty its own grip first. Against a control or combo opponent hoarding answers, this resolves as an enormous three-mana threat: a 6/6 or larger the turn it lands. Against a fellow aggressor who has already dumped their hand, it can arrive as a 1/1, or worse, hit the battlefield with zero toughness and die to state-based actions on the spot. The number tracks live: a discard spell, a draw step, or a turn of inactivity reswings it both directions, and in a multiplayer pod it polls only the opponent holding the most cards rather than averaging the table. That aims it squarely at decks that want to sit back and accumulate resources, and makes it a liability against decks doing the same red things it does. What sets this kind of creature apart is the inversion of the usual deal where you pay more mana to print bigger numbers on a permanent. Here the cost is flat and the opponent decides how big the threat gets, which is why the most honest reading treats it less as a build-around and more as a tax on opponents who refuse to spend.

Adamaro, First to Desire (sok)
SOK · #91rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.74
Foil: $15.99
Oracle Text

Rules text

Adamaro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in the hand of the opponent with the most cards in hand.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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