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Hooded Horror

Creature — Horror4 generic manaBlack mana

The evasion here reads backwards from most unblockable creatures: instead of slipping past a wall of defenders, it gets through precisely when the opponent controls the most creatures on the table, or is tied for the most. That makes it a punisher of board development rather than a card that dodges blockers, a 4/4 that turns a wide board into a liability for the player who built it. Against a token deck, a populate strategy, or any creature-heavy ramp pile, the condition is met by default, and the swing connects unimpeded. What holds the whole thing together is that it asks for an opponent who overcommits, then extracts value from that commitment without removing a single creature: the math does the work a Fog or a removal spell would otherwise have to. In a multiplayer pod the wrinkle deepens, since "the most creatures" is evaluated per defending player, so the same attacker can be unblockable against the table's go-wide deck and easily chump-blocked by the player sitting on two bodies. A 4/4 for five with no other text is a weak rate on its own; the entire proposition is the matchup-reading evasion, which rewards a player who can size up which seat has overextended and point the Horror at it.

Hooded Horror (c13)
C13 · #80uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.28
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Oracle Text

Rules text

This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls the most creatures or is tied for the most.
Legalities

Format Status

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