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Gloom Sower

Creature — Horror5 generic manaBlack manaBlack mana

Blocking this thing is a punishment, not a wall. An 8/6 body at seven mana is already awkward to trade with, but the drain trigger flips the usual math of chump-blocking: every creature thrown in front to buy a turn hands over two life and refunds it to the attacker. Against a mono-black beater the defender's own defensive plan becomes a life-total swing, so the choice narrows to taking eight or bleeding two-at-a-time while doing so. The design leans on a familiar bit of black creature philosophy (make my creature actively hostile to interact with, the way menace, deathtouch, or a Nighthawk-style lifelink body taxes the block) but routes it through pure life economy rather than combat keywords. Note the trigger fires once per blocker, so a gang-block that would normally kill it also multiplies the drain, which quietly discourages the exact response big fatties usually fear. The result is a top-end body built for racing: hard to block profitably, and steadily correcting your own life total upward every time an opponent tries to stand in its way.

Gloom Sower (plst)
PLST · #M21-100common
Pricing
Normal: $0.12
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, that creature's controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
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
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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