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Canal Courier

Creature — Human Rogue5 generic manaBlue mana

The monarch mechanic was built for multiplayer politics, and this body answers a problem every crown-holder faces: the moment you take the throne, three opponents suddenly have a reason to swing at you, and a 3/5 can only block one attacker a turn. The second ability turns that liability into offense, but it works entirely off your own declare-attackers step. If you send this creature at one player and another creature you control at a different player, this one becomes unblockable for the combat: it slides through to deal its damage and refill your hand under the crown. The condition rewards committing to a multi-pronged assault rather than turtling, so the price of evasion is that you must spread your own attackers thin and accept the return swings that come with it. The 3/5 frame is doing the quieter work underneath, large enough to anchor the crown against small attackers and random pings while the evasion clause gives you a way to push the monarch damage through when you do decide to attack. It is a deliberately social card, but the trigger is on your side of the table: you choose to fork your attack, and the unblockable rider follows. The crown is the prize and the target at once, and a sturdy body with its own way to keep drawing cards is one of the cleaner answers to holding it.

Canal Courier (cn2)
CN2 · #28common
Pricing
Normal: $0.14
Foil: $0.60
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever this creature and another creature attack different players, this creature can't be blocked this combat.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
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
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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