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Coral Fighters

Creature — Merfolk Soldier1 generic manaBlue mana

Folding two old ideas into one body: the unblocked-attacker trigger that rewards evasion (here unkeyworded, so the merfolk has to sneak through gaps rather than fly over them) and a top-of-library effect that neither draws nor burns but quietly reorders what the defending player draws next. The "you may" is the telling part: this is not blind manipulation but a scrying tool aimed at the opponent's deck, a chance to bury a card you would rather they never see. The catch is that you only get to look and push, not strip: the card goes to the bottom of the library, not the graveyard, so against a deck with redundant threats you are buying a single turn of tempo on a draw step that may not matter. On a one-power body with no protection, the rate is harsh and the payoff diffuse, which is why this reads as a flavor-forward curiosity from an era still experimenting with what blue evasion and library manipulation could share. The merfolk-soldier line and the combat condition slot it into a tribal aggro shell that wants bodies trickling in unblocked, where the disruption is gravy rather than a plan.

Coral Fighters (mir)
MIR · #59uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.19
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, look at the top card of defending player's library. You may put that card on the bottom of that player's library.
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
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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