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Bellowing Fiend

Creature — Spirit4 generic manaBlack mana

A symmetrical-damage flyer built on the kind of self-punishing logic Tempest liked to flirt with: every time it bites a creature, it lashes both controllers for 3, the opponent and yourself alike. The damage trigger fires on creatures specifically, not players, so this is an evasive blocker-deterrent and combat enforcer rather than a finisher; swing in, connect with a blocker, and you cash a 3/3 trade for a 3-damage hit that lands on you as hard as it does on them. The design discipline is that mutual cost: the card hands you reach and a defensive flying body but refuses to let the reach be free, which keeps a five-mana 3/3 from being a clean engine. That symmetry is also the catch that has kept it a curiosity rather than a staple. You have to want both halves of the trigger, and the situations where dealing 3 to yourself is acceptable (a clock you are winning, an opponent already low) are narrower than the situations where you simply want a flyer to deal combat damage. It rewards a build that treats its own life total as a resource to spend rather than a number to protect, which is a constraint most decks would rather not adopt.

Bellowing Fiend (tmp)
TMP · #108rare
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Normal: $0.46
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying Whenever this creature deals damage to a creature, this creature deals 3 damage to that creature's controller and 3 damage to you.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
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
Legal
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
N/A
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