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Falcon Abomination

Creature — Zombie Bird2 generic manaBlue mana

Two bodies for three mana, but only one of them sticks around. The decayed keyword is the whole trade: the token that arrives alongside this flyer is a genuine 2/2, but it can't block, and it sacrifices itself the first time it swings. So the four power split across the two bodies isn't four power you keep. It's an evasive 2/2 that stays and a ground 2/2 that spends itself for one attack. That structure is why the card is priced where it is. A vanilla 2/2 flyer at this cost would be unremarkable; the attached decayed token gives blue a bit of go-wide pressure and, more usefully, a Zombie body that dies on a schedule you can plan around. Anything that wants a creature in the graveyard or a sacrifice trigger reads the decayed token as a feature rather than a downside, because the sacrifice is written into the rules text instead of costing you a card or an outlet. The clean split, a permanent flyer you keep and a disposable attacker you rent, is why this reads as a value creature rather than a beater: the token can't hold the ground defensively, so its only job is to push damage once and feed whatever wants a body in the yard afterward.

Falcon Abomination (mid)
MID · #52common
Pricing
Normal: $0.23
Foil: $0.11
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying When this creature enters, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
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
N/A
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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