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Shipwreck Singer

Creature — SirenBlue manaBlack mana

Two abilities that look unrelated until you run them in sequence: the first compels an opponent's creature into the red zone, the second wrings a -1/-1 from the whole attacking crew at instant speed, killing the very thing the first dragged out of position. It is a pillow-fort engine wearing a tempo creature's clothes, and the loop is the design: lure a fragile blocker into a doomed attack, then collect it with the shrink, or repeat the -1/-1 across multiple turns to grind a board to nothing. Each half costs mana to fire, which keeps the lock honest: doing both in a turn runs four mana through the Siren (1 generic manaBlue mana to compel, 1 generic manaBlack mana to wipe), so this is no free answer, and the tap symbol on the wipe means she clears the attacking team only once per turn cycle. The flying 1/2 body is almost incidental, a chassis cheap enough to sit back and operate the machinery. What makes her sing is the conjunction of compel-and-shrink in a single two-mana frame: most "must attack" effects are aggressive goads meant to crash a stalled board open, while this one weaponizes the forced attack against its own controller, converting an opponent's combat step into a removal spell. The result reads less like an aggressive threat than a slow, deliberate control valve that happens to fly.

Shipwreck Singer (plst)
PLST · #CN2-206uncommon
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying 1 generic manaBlue mana: Target creature an opponent controls attacks this turn if able. 1 generic manaBlack mana, Tap: Attacking creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
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
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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