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Oni Possession

Enchantment — Aura2 generic manaBlack mana

The +3/+3 and trample come first; the upkeep tax arrives like the bill afterward. That recurring sacrifice is the whole bargain: keep the buff alive and the Aura eats a creature on each of your upkeeps, so the math only works if you have a stream of expendable bodies to feed it, or you intend to win before the loop catches up. The Demon Spirit type change is mostly flavor, a nod to the host being hollowed out and inhabited, though tribal payoffs can read it either way. What makes the card a curiosity rather than a beater is the upkeep timing: the sacrifice happens on your turn, not when the Aura enters, so a freshly cast Oni Possession buys you a swing before the demand comes due, and you can always sacrifice the enchanted creature itself to dodge the obligation, which dumps the Aura along with it. It is a fragile, demanding kind of pump, the sort of self-cannibalizing enchantment from an era when black's beefiest effects were priced with a recurring cost attached rather than a one-time downside. The deck that wants it is one already manufacturing tokens or chaff faster than it can lose them, where the tax becomes a feature: a sacrifice outlet bolted onto a trampler.

Oni Possession (dvd)
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Enchant creature At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature. Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has trample. Enchanted creature is a Demon Spirit.
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
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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