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Twinblade Geist // Twinblade Invocation

Creature — Spirit Warrior // Enchantment — Aura

Double strike on a two-mana 1/1 promises more damage than the body can pay off; the keyword sits inert until something lifts the power above one. Disturb resolves that friction by turning the card into two threats sharing a single slot: a fragile double-striking body up front, and a three-mana Aura recast from the graveyard that hangs the same keyword on a creature already big enough to want it. Twinblade Invocation exiles itself the moment it would hit a graveyard, and that clause is what keeps the trade fair: a disturb permanent gets one return trip and no more, so the double strike cannot bounce between faces forever. This is a tidier illustration of the mechanic than most disturb creatures manage, because the payoff is identical on both sides. Elsewhere the back face reshapes into a differently-purposed Aura or trigger; here the front is a 1/1 with double strike and the back grants double strike to something worth doubling, one effect aimed at two targets with a single guaranteed reuse. The real prize is that you never have to choose at deckbuilding time between a cheap opening play and a late-game finisher: one card covers both windows, at the cost of paying twice and losing the second copy for good once the Aura leaves the battlefield.

Twinblade Geist // Twinblade Invocation (vow)
VOW · #40uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.24
Foil: $0.27
Oracle Text

Rules text

Double strike Disturb 2 generic manaWhite mana (You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.) // Enchant creature Enchanted creature has double strike. If Twinblade Invocation would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
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
Printings elsewhere

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