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Unnatural Moonrise

SorceryRed manaGreen mana

A pump spell that pays you back for connecting: the +1/+0 and trample are the setup, but the real work is the granted combat-damage trigger, which converts one good attack into a fresh card the turn you cast it. Everything wears off at end of turn, so this is not an engine you strap on for the long haul; it is a single-turn conversion of an already-threatening attacker into tempo and a draw, best pointed at a creature that was going to get through anyway. The night flip is a rider for shells built to care, not the primary draw. What keeps two mana from feeling one-and-done is flashback: cast it before combat, then buy the same package again out of your yard for a modest premium, which rewards decks that fill their own graveyard. The design tension is that every point of value is contingent on combat resolving on your turn: the trample helps damage get through, the card only pays if damage reaches a player, and the flip assumes a board committed to attacking again. Where a plain pump spell spends a card to push one point of damage through, this spends the same mana to draft an attacker into a resource, and does it twice before exile removes it from the loop for good.

Unnatural Moonrise (mid)
MID · #247uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.25
Foil: $0.32
Oracle Text

Rules text

It becomes night. Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains trample and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card." Flashback 2 generic manaRed manaGreen mana (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
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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