Obscura Charm

Two of the three modes hang on the same threshold: mana value 3 or less, functioning as a ceiling in both cases. The destroy clause caps what it can kill at three, and the reanimation clause caps what it can recover at the same number, so the whole card is priced to answer the early and midrange board rather than the top of any curve. That is the point. The removal mode kills small creatures and planeswalkers but leaves the finishers untouched, a deliberate refusal to be catch-all removal. The reanimation mode faces inward, keying on your own multicolored permanents inside that same cap; a board built on two- and three-drop gold cards is what keeps it live. Returning that permanent tapped is the tax that stops the mode from being a tempo blowout: you get the body back but forfeit the attack or block on the turn it lands, so the value is deferred rather than immediate. The elegant part is how committing to a color trio answers both questions on one axis. Run enough cheap gold permanents and the graveyard clause never lacks fuel, while the mana-value cap matches the curve you were already assembling. It rewards building the shard honestly instead of splashing a color for one flashy payoff. The counter clause is the exception, hitting any instant or sorcery regardless of cost: the flexible utility slot every charm in this cycle carries, and the reason the card is never dead when the graveyard is empty and the board is clear.