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Ty Lee, Artful Acrobat

Legendary Creature — Human Performer2 generic manaRed mana

The chi-blocker rendered as a tempo threat built around a two-part turn. Prowess and the pay-to-strip-a-blocker ability sit at opposite ends of the sequence rather than firing together: prowess wants a noncreature spell cast during your main phase, growing the 3/2 into a 4/3, while the attack trigger asks for 1 generic mana held open into the declare-attackers step. The card's job is to make those two windows serve one plan. First the spell pumps the body; then, when it swings, the extra mana buys a clear lane so the enlarged attacker connects. The blocker-removal is priced low (1 generic mana per attack) but deliberately narrow: it locks down a single creature, not the whole wall, so this is an enabler for a wider board rather than a lone finisher. That single-target clause is the restriction that keeps it fair, forcing a choice about which blocker to peel off each combat. Spell density is what ties the halves together: a deck packing cheap noncreature spells gets both payoffs, spending those spells to trigger prowess in the main phase and reserving mana to punch a hole in the defense on the swing. It rewards a build where the spellchain and the attack step are planned as one motion, converting a shell of cheap interaction into consistent, hard-to-block damage.

Ty Lee, Artful Acrobat (tla)
TLA · #158uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.23
Foil: $0.32
Oracle Text

Rules text

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever Ty Lee attacks, you may pay 1 generic mana. When you do, target creature can't block this turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
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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
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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