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Skyswimmer Koi

Creature — Fish3 generic manaBlue mana

Blue's version of the payoff that turns an artifact deck's ambient noise into card selection. The trigger fires on any artifact entering, not just a spell you cast, so Treasure tokens, Clue tokens, artifact creatures, and equipment all count toward the loot. That distinction matters: the ability rewards a deck stuffed with cheap artifact churn rather than a few expensive bombs, and the loot (a draw paired with a mandatory discard once you've drawn) smooths draws without netting cards, which is why the effect could be handed to an evasive four-drop body without being pushed. The discard is the honest tax here; each trigger digs one card deep but demands you shed something, so it pays to have graveyard-hungry cards worth pitching rather than treating the loot as free acceleration. Flying on a 3/3 gives the engine a clock of its own, so the card is not purely a value piece marooned behind the wall of an artifact board. The lineage runs through the long line of artifact-matters loot engines, where blue historically supplies the card filtering that a wide artifact shell converts into consistency. The optional wording ("you may draw") is the quiet safeguard: when your hand is precious you simply decline, so the trigger never forces a bad discard on an empty grip.

Skyswimmer Koi (neo)
NEO · #79common
Pricing
Normal: $0.21
Foil: $0.13
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying Whenever an artifact you control enters, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
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
N/A
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