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Attack-in-the-Box

Artifact Creature — Toy3 generic mana

The pun is the design brief: the jack pops out, swings hard, and doesn't go back in the box. The default body is a 2/4, a passable blocker that trades up and holds a flank indefinitely, and that is the pose it can hold turn after turn for free. The attack trigger sets up the negotiation: opt into +4/+0 and you have a 6/4 for a single swing, but committing to the pump commits the creature to the graveyard at the next end step. That is a genuine per-turn decision rather than a one-time detonation, because you attack as a plain 2/4 as often as you like and only cash in the burst when the six damage actually closes something out. The finality is self-imposed and delayed to the end step, which leaves a real window: the card survives the combat it powered up for, so it trades in that fight, connects for the swing, and only then dies. That delay is also the exploitable seam. A sacrifice outlet fired in response converts the doomed body into whatever the outlet pays out, taking value before the pump's own sacrifice can, while a blink effect after combat strands the delayed trigger entirely and returns the creature ready to swing again. The rate is honest for what it is: a defensive piece that stores a burst of reach for the turn the board finally cracks open, sold to you at the price of the creature itself.

Attack-in-the-Box (dsk)
DSK · #242uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.15
Foil: $0.18
Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever this creature attacks, you may have it get +4/+0 until end of turn. If you do, sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Legalities

Format Status

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