Minotaur Illusionist

Two abilities that pull in opposite directions, both built to make a removal spell whiff. Shroud for one and blue makes the 3/4 untargetable for the turn, dodging the point-and-click answers that would otherwise trade up against a five-mana body. The sacrifice ability then converts that protected power into a guaranteed three damage to a creature, on the player's own terms: by the time the opponent could respond, the ability is already on the stack with the Minotaur as a damage source rather than a target. The pairing rewards a specific sequence: hold up the shroud activation through a removal window, then cash the creature in for a kill before it can be answered, so the opponent never gets a clean shot at either the body or the ability. It is a defensive enabler and a one-shot Flame Burst stapled together, which is a strange amount of text for a creature that mostly wants to die at instant speed. The result is a card that is hard to kill while it lives and dangerous on the way out, the kind of fiddly value engine the Invasion block built around its enemy-color pairs.