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Stormclaw Rager

Creature — Ogre Warrior1 generic manaBlack manaRed mana

Aristocrat decks have always run into the same accounting problem: sacrifice fodder converts to value, but the outlet itself does nothing to the board, and a deck that runs out of bodies runs out of gas. This design folds both halves into one card. Each activation eats a spare creature or artifact for a mana, then hands back a fresh card to refill the grip and a +1/+1 counter to turn the outlet into a growing clock. Feed it enough and the 2/2 becomes a threat that has already replaced everything it consumed. The catch is the timing clause: sorcery-speed only, so there is no sacrificing in response to removal to bank a card, no end-of-turn draw while a counterspell window is open. You commit on your own turn, in the open, and the opponent gets a chance to answer the growing body before it snowballs. That restriction is the ceiling on the whole engine: a repeatable one-mana sac outlet stapled to card draw would be too much advantage for a three-drop if it could activate at instant speed to dodge removal and stockpile cards on the opponent's turn. Sorcery timing forces the commitment into the light. What it asks in return is a deck built to keep it fed: token makers, cheap creatures, spare artifacts, anything that would rather die for a card than sit idle. Give it fodder and it becomes a one-card grindy value plan; leave it alone and it is a 2/2 that draws you nothing.

Stormclaw Rager (mom)
MOM · #254uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.20
Foil: $0.31
Oracle Text

Rules text

1 generic mana, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legalities

Format Status

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