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Forlorn Pseudamma

Creature — Zombie3 generic manaBlack mana

Inspired is a mechanic built on a strange premise: it rewards untapping, which usually means surviving a turn cycle after an attack rather than the attack itself landing. That makes evasion doubly valuable here, because a creature that goes unblocked is a creature that lives to untap. Intimidate on a black body is close to unblockable across any table without black or artifact creatures, so the 2/1 is less a combatant than a survival vehicle for the trigger: swing into nothing, untap, pay the cost, and add a 2/2 Zombie that widens the board the next attack already threatens. The friction is in the math. A 2/1 dies to almost everything, and the token engine costs 2 generic manaBlack mana per activation on top of the four mana you spent to cast it, so several combat steps have to come and go before the snowball earns back its price. That tension (a near-total evasion package bolted to a flimsy frame and a self-extending army) is the entire design: the trigger only fires if the creature lives, the creature only lives because nothing can profitably block it, and each token it makes raises the floor of the next attack. Where it lands, it converts unblockability into a recurring tax on the opponent's life total and board space at once.

Forlorn Pseudamma (bng)
BNG · #71uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.08
Foil: $0.20
Oracle Text

Rules text

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, you may pay 2 generic manaBlack mana. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie enchantment creature token.
Legalities

Format Status

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