Pierce Strider

The colorless body that brings its own reach. A 3/3 for four is a forgettable stat line, but the enters trigger turns the cast into a Lava Spike that walks: target opponent loses three life the moment it hits, with no mana symbol required to enable it. That artifact-only construction is the whole reason the card matters. Where most direct-damage clocks ask for red, this one slots into any deck running any colors, or none, which makes it a colorless aggro piece in a way burn rarely gets to be. Because the life loss fires on entry rather than on attack, it pairs naturally with any engine that flickers, reanimates, or re-casts artifacts: each return is another three off the top, and the body comes along as a bonus. The drain also dodges damage-prevention and combat math entirely, getting through fog effects and blockers alike. It is a small, precise piece of design from an era when colorless aggression was getting deliberate support: a creature priced and built so that the reach, not the 3/3, is what you are paying for.