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Contract Hero

Creature — Human Mercenary Hero2 generic manaRed mana

Two triggers share this 2/3 body, and they were built to talk to each other. Arriving on the battlefield drops a Treasure, which reads as color-fixing until you get to the attack step, where the pump ability asks you to sacrifice an artifact or discard a card for +2/+0. The token from the first trigger is exactly the artifact the second one wants to eat, so the card can swing as a 4/3 the very first time it attacks with no help. What keeps this from being a plain beater is that the attack cost is a choice, not a tax: pitch an artifact when you have Treasures to burn, discard when your hand is clogged, and either way you have handed a sacrifice-matters or discard-matters engine a repeatable trigger to build around. Aristocrat outlets that want artifacts dying, madness and graveyard payoffs that want cards in the yard, ramp shells hungry for another rock: each of those gets a small, dependable feeder. Standing alone, it is a fair three-drop with a mana-smoothing floor and a one-shot pump. Slotted into an engine, it becomes a recurring source of extra damage that keeps asking what you have sitting around that you would rather turn into value.

Contract Hero (msc)
MSC · #683common
Pricing
Normal: $0.47
Foil: $0.27
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "Tap, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. If you do, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Legalities

Format Status

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