Eiganjo Free-Riders
Read past the stat line and the upkeep clause is what defines this card: every turn, a white creature you control goes back to your hand whether you like it or not. That tax was meant to make a 3/4 flier for four mana feel like a premium rate, but it also quietly sorts out what kind of deck wants the body at all. Bounce a creature you control on purpose and you re-trigger an enters-the-battlefield ability; the symmetry of a forced return is a liability in a slow board state and an engine in a deck stuffed with white value creatures. The body can return another creature, or, if it is the only white creature you control, it returns itself, leaving you to recast it. That self-bounce clause turns a downside into a release valve rather than a death sentence, which is the design tension the card resolves: a recurring cost you can aim, dodge, or weaponize depending on what else is on the table. It traces back to a stretch of design when evasion and stats were priced aggressively and the discount was paid for with a persistent, build-around drawback rather than a one-time condition. The flier is fine. The upkeep clause is the card.
