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Duskborne Skymarcher

Creature — Vampire ClericWhite mana

A one-drop flyer whose real function is not the evasive body but the ability stapled to it: a repeatable pump that only ever touches attacking Vampires. That target restriction is the entire design. Gating the buff to a single creature type, and only when it swings, means the card is worthless as a splash for evasion; it earns its keep only once a board of small Vampires is already committing to the attack. The buff does not scale like an anthem: each activation touches one attacker at a time, so the pressure comes from repetition and mana investment rather than a static board-wide bump. Timing sharpens it further. Because the ability fires at instant speed and can be activated after blockers are declared, it lets the attacker rewrite the combat math the opponent thought they had solved: pushing a lethal point through, or letting a would-be trade survive to swing again. The evasive 1/1 keeps the mana efficient and pressures planeswalkers on its own, but the activated ability is what turns a pile of independent one-drops into a coordinated assault, one pump at a time. Outside a Vampire deck built around the attack step, it collapses back into its cost: a small flyer with an ability it will never profitably use.

Duskborne Skymarcher (xln)
XLN · #9uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.27
Foil: $0.64
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying White mana, Tap: Target attacking Vampire gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Legalities

Format Status

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