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Iwamori of the Open Fist

Legendary Creature — Human Monk2 generic manaGreen manaGreen mana

A 5/5 trampler for four mana in green is an aggressive rate on its own, and the enters-the-battlefield clause is the price tag bolted to it: each opponent may drop a legendary creature straight from hand at no cost. This is symmetry weaponized as a discount. The drawback only bites if an opponent is actually holding a legend, and in most games they aren't, so the body usually arrives clean and the rate goes uncontested. When it does matter, it can be brutal: you've politely invited the table to deploy whatever expensive legend was stranded in their grip. The accounting logic is the same one that powers Hunted creatures, where the body runs oversized and the opponent collects a parting gift; the difference here is that the gift is conditional rather than guaranteed. Against hands light on legends there is no downside at all, which makes the card a read on what the opposing deck is built around. The math also inverts the wider the game gets: in a multiplayer pod every opponent draws on the trigger at once, turning a tempo-positive beater into a four-mana liability. That split personality, a free hit against some hands and a self-inflicted mistake against others, is what keeps the rate honest without ever spelling the cost out in tokens or life.

Iwamori of the Open Fist (bok)
BOK · #130rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.47
Foil: $1.94
Oracle Text

Rules text

Trample When Iwamori enters, each opponent may put a legendary creature card from their hand onto the battlefield.
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
Printings elsewhere

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