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Faebloom Trick

Instant2 generic manaBlue mana

The wording order is what does the work here. The spell itself takes no target, so on resolution the two Faeries are guaranteed to enter; only then does the reflexive trigger fire and reach for an opposing creature to tap. That ordering is load-bearing. If the tap's target has become illegal by the time the trigger resolves, the tap fizzles, but you still keep both bodies. The creation is unconditional; the tap is a conditional rider bolted onto it. That structure lets one instant do two jobs that instants usually split apart. Flashed in during an opponent's beginning of combat step, it taps down a would-be attacker before attackers are declared, keeping it home while you sit behind two fresh flying blockers. Held back for your own offense, it strips a blocker so your evasive threats can push through, though the Faeries themselves enter with summoning sickness and cannot swing the turn they arrive. The tokens are the durable half and the tap is the moment of leverage, and because both live on one card at instant speed, the tempo cost of interacting folds into permanents that stick. Read one way it is a token maker with upside; the more honest read is a combat trick that refuses to be a dead card, since even on the turns the tap accomplishes nothing, you have still added two flyers to the board for the price of an instant.

Faebloom Trick (fdn)
FDN · #38uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.30
Foil: $0.38
Oracle Text

Rules text

Create two 1/1 blue Faerie creature tokens with flying. When you do, tap target creature an opponent controls.
Legalities

Format Status

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