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Shocker, Unshakable

Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Villain4 generic manaRed manaRed mana

Six mana buys a 5/5 body plus a Char-sized burst split between a creature and its controller, so he trades up on arrival and chips two off a life total before he ever attacks. That reach-to-the-face clause is what separates the effect from ordinary enters-the-battlefield removal; the damage does not just clear a blocker, it advances the clock. The first strike is the part that reads modestly and plays sharply. Restricting it to your own turn hands the aggressor the tempo without gifting him a defensive fortress: on offense he wins combat before the blocker swings back, but on the opponent's turn he blocks as a plain 5/5, so a 5/5 attacker still trades through him rather than dying for free. It is a deliberately asymmetric keyword, tuned to reward pushing damage rather than sitting back, and it keeps a six-drop from becoming an unassailable wall. Everything about the design points one direction: come down late enough to matter, kill something, poke the face, then attack into first strike the following turn. He is a top-end beater that pays part of his cost back the moment he lands.

Shocker, Unshakable (om1)
OM1 · #83uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.12
Foil: $0.19
Oracle Text

Rules text

During your turn, Shocker has first strike. Vibro-Shock Gauntlets — When Shocker enters, he deals 2 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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