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Pyknite

Creature — Ouphe2 generic manaGreen mana

A 1/1 body bolted to a cantrip, but with a deliberate hitch: the card arrives not the moment the Ouphe lands but during the next turn's upkeep. That delay is the whole design. The entry trigger schedules a delayed triggered ability for that upkeep; once the schedule is set, the draw resolves on time whether or not the Ouphe survives, so this is no bet on the body. What the delay buys instead is a tax on tempo: you pay full price now and collect the replacement only after a turn has passed (typically your opponent's), which keeps an unconditional draw on a green creature from ever feeling free. The wrinkle is in separating an ability's resolution from the event that triggers it, the kind of timing seam that lets a designer hand out raw card advantage without making the rate too clean. The 1/1 frame keeps it honest from the other side: you are paying for the card, and the creature is incidental. Green's relationship with card draw has always been uneasy, routed through creatures and conditional triggers rather than the unconditional pull other colors get for free, and Pyknite sits among the genre's older entries: a green creature that replaces itself, eventually, if you are willing to wait a turn for the privilege.

Pyknite (ice)
ICE · #258common
Pricing
Normal: $0.13
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Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
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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