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Taunting Arbormage

Creature — Elf Wizard2 generic manaGreen mana

Lure has always been a build-around: glue it to a fat trampler and hope nobody has an instant to break up the pile-on. This creature folds that effect into a body and gates it behind kicker, converting a static enchantment into a one-shot combat instruction that resolves on entry. The distinction runs deeper than the wording suggests. Lure is a permanent an opponent can plan around across several turns; the compulsory-block trigger here fires exactly once, when it lands, and cannot be undone afterward by killing the aura's host. That reshapes the timing question entirely: you are choosing which turn to force the pile-up rather than maintaining a threat that telegraphs the block. Unkicked, it is a 2/3 that just holds ground, so the card carries its own floor without demanding the payoff. And because it has no flash, the trigger only bites on your own turn, which points the effect squarely at your attackers: kick it, drop it into a developed board, and aim the forced block at your biggest creature to trade it into a wall of blockers while a second trampler or evader gets through clean. It is Lure's design logic (compulsory blocking as a combat lever) rebuilt as a modular trigger rather than a permanent commitment, and the split between the cheap body and the expensive effect is what lets it earn a slot without needing to fire the swing every time.

Taunting Arbormage (znr)
ZNR · #212uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.04
Foil: $0.06
Oracle Text

Rules text

Kicker 3 generic mana (You may pay an additional 3 generic mana as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, all creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.
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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