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Markov Waltzer

Creature — Vampire2 generic manaRed manaWhite mana

Most anthems in these colors either clamp to a single creature or ask you to pay again every turn; this one hands out its buff for free before combat on your turn, split across up to two creatures you control. Timing is the design lever, though not the way a combat trick is: the boost lands before attackers are declared, so the opponent sees the swollen stats and blocks accordingly. What you are buying is not a surprise blowout but a recurring, board-wide tilt: each turn two of your attackers gain a point of power heading into the math, and because "up to two target creatures" means two distinct bodies, the effect always wants a wide board rather than a single loaded threat. The 1/3 flying, haste body is built to conduct rather than close: modest power, enough toughness to attack or block without dying, and evasion to stay relevant while the small creatures around it do the killing. That points the card squarely at a go-wide vampire or aggro shell living on cheap bodies punching above their printed numbers, one point at a time, swing after swing. It is a support piece first, and a threat only once the board it is buffing has already done the work.

Markov Waltzer (dbl)
DBL · #509uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.16
Foil: $0.27
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying, haste At the beginning of combat on your turn, up to two target creatures you control each get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
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
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

3 sets
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