Tin Street Dodger

The evasion is repayable, and that is the whole point. Most one-drop beaters that want to keep connecting pay for their unblockability once, at the cost of a keyword slot or a build-around; this one leaves an open red mana as its recurring toll, so the pressure holds through the midgame rather than expiring after the opening curve. Early it is a hasty one-power poke; later, with a land to spare on any given turn, it becomes a repeatable delivery mechanism, and the design leans hardest into what red is worst at supporting: enchantments and equipment that need a body to survive to the point of contact. Bolt anything onto it and the threat of activation forces the defender to hold up either a defender-typed blocker (a narrow ask) or an instant-speed answer they may not have. The single carve-out for defender creatures is the honest tell that this was tuned as menace-adjacent rather than true unblockable: a wall still stops it, so the card cannot walk over decks built to gum up the ground. Note that the ability grants evasion, not power, so a second activation in a turn buys nothing; the value is one open mana repeated across many turns, not a sink you pour into for lethal. It rewards patience and a payload, not overcommitment.