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Simian Sling

Artifact Creature — Equipment MonkeyRed mana

Reconfigure was built to solve the equipment creature's oldest problem: a body that stops being a body the moment its Equip resolves, or a piece of gear that sits dead until something worth equipping shows up. This one attacks the seam directly. Cast it early as a 1/1 that pokes for damage even when chumped, then reconfigure it onto a real threat later without paying to recast anything. The blocked-trigger reads like a small consolation on both halves of the split identity: whether the Monkey is swinging on its own or riding a bigger creature, running it into a blocker still forces a point through, which quietly taxes the defender's decision to gang up. That last clause carries the card's whole reason to exist. Most cheap aggressive one-drops go inert the instant the ground stalls; this one keeps chipping the moment blocks are declared, and reconfigure lets it migrate its bonus to whichever attacker the opponent least wants pumped. The two-mana reconfigure cost is the honest tax on that flexibility: sorcery-speed, so no combat-trick blowouts, and expensive enough that you commit to the move a turn ahead rather than snapping it around at will. It is a modest card doing a specific job, giving a red aggressive shell a one-drop that stays relevant into the midgame instead of becoming a topdeck liability.

Simian Sling (neo)
NEO · #163common
Pricing
Normal: $0.25
Foil: $0.31
Oracle Text

Rules text

Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever this creature or equipped creature becomes blocked, it deals 1 damage to defending player. Reconfigure 2 generic mana (2 generic mana: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
Legalities

Format Status

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