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Invasion Tactics

Enchantment4 generic manaGreen mana

Two effects share one enchantment, and they pull in opposite directions. The enters-the-battlefield pump is a one-shot anthem: two Glorious Anthems' worth of stats compressed into a single turn, priced as a five-mana investment you cash in the instant it lands. But because this is an enchantment without flash, that pump resolves at sorcery speed, so it is a pre-combat commitment rather than a trick held for the attack step. You tap out, the board swells by +2/+2, and then you swing knowing the enchantment stays behind once the turn ends. The draw trigger asks for a different kind of setup entirely. It pays only when Allies you control connect, but it is generous once you clear that gate: it fires whenever one or more Allies deal combat damage to a player, so a wide swing draws a single card, while double strike or a multiplayer table can stack multiple triggers off one attack step. So the card demands two commitments at once. You want a broad board for the +2/+2 to matter on entry, and you want that board to be Allies for the enchantment to keep earning. Green has long owned draw-on-combat-damage, from Keen Sense to Ohran Frostfang to Toski, Bearer of Secrets. The wrinkle here is that the effect arrives welded to a one-time anthem and a creature-type tax, so the green payoff you expect comes bundled with a deckbuilding condition that outlasts the turn you cast it.

Invasion Tactics (tla)
TLA · #183uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.10
Foil: $0.27
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this enchantment enters, creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn. Whenever one or more Allies you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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