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Speedball, New Warrior

Legendary Creature — Human Hero2 generic manaBlue or Red mana

The pun that governs the design: aim a shot at him and he bounces it somewhere useful. Most creatures dread becoming the target of a spell, and the trigger here inverts that instinct, converting any incoming spell that names him into a growth spurt and a redirect. The redirect is the load-bearing half. Because you "may choose new targets," a removal spell an opponent points at him can be turned back on their own board, or a buff meant for him can be shunted onto a bigger threat once the +2/+2 has resolved. He reads as a hybrid combat creature but plays as a target-laundering engine, turning the act of targeting into both a stat swing and a control lever. The wrinkle is that the trigger fires on any spell that targets him, cast by any player, so the payoff clusters around cheap targeted effects: ping spells, protection auras, even your own bounce, each one feeding the buff while the redirect clause decides where the effect actually lands. The Human Hero body and the flexible hybrid pip keep him accessible, but the real question the card poses is one of margins: how many times per turn can you afford to point a targeted spell at your own hero and still come out ahead on the exchange?

Speedball, New Warrior (msh)
MSH · #227uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.11
Foil: $0.34
Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever a player casts a spell that targets Speedball, he gets +2/+2 until end of turn. You may choose new targets for that spell.
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
Legal
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