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Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight

Creature — Zombie Knight // Instant — AdventureBlack mana2 generic manaBlack mana

Utility creatures have always carried a hidden cost: a one-mana deathtouch body is a fine early play and a dead topdeck late, while a card-draw spell is fine late and sluggish early. Adventure lets a single card be both without diluting either half. Cast Profane Insight when you need cards, and the creature does not vanish with it: the knight goes to exile and waits, so the draw happens now and the deathtouch blocker deploys later, both from one card slot. That sequencing is the reason the design holds together. The draw half runs more expensive than a dedicated spell (Profane Insight asks three mana for a single card, where a comparable draw-two like Sign in Blood asks two), but the premium buys the body attached to the back, and a 1/1 deathtoucher is a trade the opponent has to respect long after the spell has been spent. The Insight half resolves at instant speed, which folds it neatly into a hold-up-mana plan while the knight remains a threat you can commit on your own terms. The tension it resolves is the oldest one in deckbuilding, the pull between action and bodies; Adventure hands one card both, so the draw never leaves you without a board and the board never leaves you without gas.

Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight (prm)
PRM · #78806uncommon
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Deathtouch // You draw a card and you lose 1 life. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
Legalities

Format Status

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