Fearless Skald

Backup asks a single question the instant this Dwarf hits the battlefield, and the answer reshapes what double strike means. Aim the trigger back at the Skald and you have a 4/3 that first strike protects through most trades while swinging for eight over a full turn. Point it at another attacker instead, and that creature deals its combat damage twice for exactly one turn: a burst that ends a race or bulldozes a chump blocker before it can trade evenly. That fork is why double strike is the right keyword to graft onto Backup rather than a static evasion word. Double strike is normally a premium rider bolted to a premium body; here it rides a modest 3/2 frame, and the five-mana price buys the flexibility to relocate a top-tier combat keyword wherever it does the most work. The payoff lives or dies on where the grant lands: a lone hitter suddenly striking twice does far more damage than the Skald squaring off in its own combat step. This is a straightforward aggressive role-player, one that rewards a board with a creature already worth handing the keyword to rather than a hand still assembling its first real threat.