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Twisted Embrace

Enchantment — Aura2 generic manaBlack manaBlack mana

Removal stapled to an Aura is an old idea with an old problem: kill the enemy creature, staple the enchantment to one of your own, and if that creature ever leaves, the Aura goes with it, but the kill already resolved and stays resolved. The trick this design pulls is loosening the target restriction on both ends. It enchants an artifact or creature you control, so you are not forced to hang it on a body that might die in response; a Treasure token, an equipment carrier, any permanent that keeps it on the battlefield works. And the enters trigger can point at a creature or a planeswalker, giving you flexible removal that reaches either threat. The +1/+1 conditional does the polite work of turning the leftover Aura into a real buff when it sits on a creature and doing nothing when it sits on an artifact, so the card never becomes a dead permanent you regret keeping. What you are really buying at four mana is unconditional destruction of the opponent's best threat with a modest upside attached, structured so the fragility that usually plagues removal-on-a-stick is minimized by giving you a durable host to choose from.

Twisted Embrace (neo)
NEO · #125common
Pricing
Normal: $0.20
Foil: $0.19
Oracle Text

Rules text

Enchant artifact or creature you control When this Aura enters, destroy target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+1.
Legalities

Format Status

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