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Hand of Silumgar

Creature — Human Warrior1 generic manaBlack mana

Two mana for a deathtouch body has always been a question of how the toughness gets used, and a 2/1 answers it bluntly: this trades up in combat exactly once. Block anything, kill it, and the 2/1 dies alongside, which is the whole transaction the deathtouch is built to make. The single toughness is the cost that keeps the rate fair: a sturdier deathtoucher would wall the ground indefinitely, while this one is a one-time toll on whatever swings into it. The 2 power keeps it from being purely defensive, so it can press a little on offense or hold a chump-and-trade posture depending on the board. As Human Warrior it sits in a creature-type slot that gives it a small amount of tribal upside, but the body is the point. This is the floor-level deathtouch common: efficient enough to make an attacker think twice, fragile enough that it never overstays. It fills the role of the cheap defensive trade in a black aggro or midrange shell, the creature you are happy to throw in front of a larger threat because the math always favors you in that exchange even when both bodies leave the battlefield.

Hand of Silumgar (bbd)
BBD · #146common
Pricing
Normal: $0.04
Foil: $0.47
Oracle Text

Rules text

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Legalities

Format Status

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