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Ghostblade Eidolon

Enchantment Creature — Spirit2 generic manaWhite mana

Double strike is the keyword that punishes a creature for not blocking and rewards a creature for not being blocked, and bestow is the mechanic built to hang that kind of payoff on a body you already control. The marriage is the whole design: a 1/1 that wants to be ignored on its own, and a six-mana enchantment that turns whatever it lands on into a double-striking threat one point bigger. The bestow clause is what keeps the package from being a dead draw late: cast the Aura side onto an existing attacker and you get the payoff immediately, but if that creature dies, the Eidolon detaches and stands back up as its own body, a survivor instead of a casualty. That detachment is the structural answer to the old problem with combat-enchanting Auras, the two-for-one blowout when removal hits the host. The cost asymmetry is honest about what each mode is worth: three mana for a fragile body that needs help connecting, six for the version that makes another creature finish the game. Doubling first-strike and regular damage on a creature that was already getting through is the kind of effect that closes games in a single swing, which is exactly why the bestow price sits where it does.

Ghostblade Eidolon (c15)
C15 · #70uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.22
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Bestow 5 generic manaWhite mana (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.) Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.) Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has double strike.
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
Printings elsewhere

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