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Shroudstomper

Creature — Elemental3 generic manaWhite manaWhite manaBlack manaBlack mana

An Orzhov drain payoff built to be worth its seven mana twice over, because the drain-and-draw trigger fires on two separate windows: once when it lands, and again every time it swings. Stapling the enter and attack clauses together closes the loophole in older drain creatures. A card that only paid off on entry would be a one-shot value creature; a card that only paid off on attack could be chumped or bounced before it ever connected. Covering both moments makes its owner richer the instant it resolves and keeps paying as long as it stays in play, which is exactly the swing Orzhov life-total decks have always chased: bleed the opponent, refill the hand, pad your own total. Deathtouch is the quiet insurance underneath all of it, turning a 5/5 into a body that trades up in any block and cannot be safely raced. Creatures like Kokusho, the Evening Star and the drain-on-attack tradition taught this shape, but where those asked you to build around a single trigger, this one front-loads its value so it never feels dead: removed in response to the attack, it has still drained two, gained two, and drawn a card on the way in.

Shroudstomper (dsk)
DSK · #233uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.27
Foil: $0.36
Oracle Text

Rules text

Deathtouch Whenever this creature enters or attacks, each opponent loses 2 life. You gain 2 life and draw a card.
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
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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