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Gustcloak Cavalier

Creature — Human Knight3 generic manaWhite manaWhite mana

Three combat-control abilities stacked on one body, and they pull in the same direction: this is a creature built to attack into anything and walk away clean. The tap-on-attack neutralizes a blocker before damage is even assigned, flanking punishes whatever does step in front of it, and the untap-and-remove clause means a swing that goes badly simply ends with the Cavalier back upright, unharmed and untapped for the crackback. That last ability is the whole Gustcloak conceit: a fragile 2/2 frame given the option to retreat the instant combat turns sour, so the small body never has to commit to a fight it loses. The friction is that all of this is offense-only. Flanking does nothing on defense, the tap trigger fires only on attack, and the bail-out clause keys off being blocked, so the package goes inert the moment you need to hold the ground rather than take it. As a synthesis of the Gustcloak mechanic it is the most aggressive expression of the idea: where the cheaper members of the line just dodged removal-via-blocker, this one taps the answer down first, then evasively shrinks whatever is left, then refuses to die for the privilege. Five mana buys a poor blocker and a relentless, near-unkillable attacker, which is exactly the trade the design intends.

Gustcloak Cavalier (tsp)
TSP · #22uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.12
Foil: $0.66
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap target creature. Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may untap this creature and remove it from combat.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
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
Legal
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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