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Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven

Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Creature — Bird

Two faces here are not two versions of one creature but two stages of one plan. Hakka is the back half and the cheap opening move: a flyer that bounces itself on combat damage and scries 2, chipping in early while feeding a foretell-and-card-advantage shell. The point is what that shell builds toward. Alrund, the front face, grows +1/+1 for two things at once (cards in your hand and foretold cards waiting in exile), so the same engine Hakka helps fill inflates the god's body on two axes. That double-counting is the design conceit: foretold cards do work in exile before they are ever cast, sizing up a god while they sit face-down. Alrund's end-step ability then keeps the hand stocked, choosing a card type and pulling matching cards off the top, feeding the very buff it just enabled. It is a self-reinforcing loop stapled to a body that grows as the loop runs. Both halves of the boost are fragile, though: empty your hand to close a game and the god shrinks, so the deck around it has to want a full grip anyway. What makes the two faces cohere is that Hakka is not a fallback so much as a down payment, buying time and card selection until the exile pile is deep enough that casting the god as a large, hard-to-race threat is simply the next turn's natural move.

Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven (khm)
KHM · #40mythic
Pricing
Normal: $1.02
Foil: $1.77
Oracle Text

Rules text

Alrund gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand and each foretold card you own in exile. At the beginning of your end step, choose a card type, then reveal the top two cards of your library. Put all cards of the chosen type revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. // Flying Whenever Hakka deals combat damage to a player, return it to its owner's hand, then scry 2.
Legalities

Format Status

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

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