Leeching Bite

A combat trick that asks you to commit twice, because the two halves point in opposite directions: the +1/+1 wants a creature you control deep in combat, and the -1/-1 wants an enemy creature small enough to die or large enough that shaving a point of toughness flips the math. Instant speed does the heavy lifting, letting you wait for blocks to be declared before deciding which of your creatures grows and which of theirs shrinks. The catch is in the targeting clause: it demands two separate creatures, so it cannot pump and ping the same body, and it does nothing if the board lacks a legal second target. That asymmetry, a soft buff stapled to a soft removal effect, is exactly the kind of low-rate green trick that rewards a wide board over a tall one; the more creatures you have on each side, the more lines the card unlocks. It belongs to the small family of green instants that try to win two combats with one card rather than blow out a single one, trading raw power for the satisfaction of resolving a trade in your favor and a swing in the same breath.