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Spearpoint Oread

Enchantment Creature — Nymph2 generic manaRed mana

The trick that makes this common more than a filler beater is that its keyword and its stat boost are one and the same package. Cast it as a 2/2 first striker and you have a body that trades up in combat; pay to bestow it and it folds into your board as an Aura, handing another attacker +2/+2 and first strike while staying a creature-in-waiting if the host dies. First strike on an enchanted creature is what turns a static buff into a one-sided damage exchange, since the bestowed creature now hits before anything its size can answer back. That stacking is the payoff. On a host that already strikes first the redundancy is wasted, but on a vanilla 3/3 it converts a fair fight into a clean kill. The six mana to attach is the tax you accept for two-for-one insurance: when removal answers your beater, you get a creature back instead of a dead Aura. It is workmanlike rather than marquee, the kind of design bestow needed at common to make the mechanic legible: cheap creature now, combat-warping aura later, never a total blowout when the opponent holds an answer.

Spearpoint Oread (ths)
THS · #141common
Pricing
Normal: $0.09
Foil: $0.37
Oracle Text

Rules text

Bestow 5 generic manaRed mana (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.) First strike Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has first strike.
Legalities

Format Status

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