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Willie Lumpkin, Postman

Legendary Creature — Human CitizenWhite manaBlue mana

The evasion is the boring part; the deal it offers is the design. Unblockable creatures that draw a card on connection are a familiar template, but the second clause turns each hit into a negotiation: the defending player can match your card, but only by agreeing to a Fog on their own aggression the following turn. That is a Pact-style bargain run in reverse, where the incentive lands on the person being attacked rather than the caster. Against a slow, passive board, opponents will happily take the card and skip a turn they were not going to attack on anyway. Against an aggressive one, refusing the card keeps their offense live but concedes card advantage; taking it bars their attackers from you and your permanents for a turn. A 1/3 that hits for a single point tells you the plan up front: this is not a clock, it is a rules-lawyer of a creature, meant to peck for one and reset the political math every combat. It answers a specific problem for slower blue-white decks, which have always struggled to convert board stalls into pressure without spending real cards. It does the work by making the pressure optional for both sides and letting the opponent price their own tempo. The flavor lands cleanly too: a postman who cannot be stopped on his route, handing you the mail whether you want it or not, and asking a polite ceasefire in exchange.

Willie Lumpkin, Postman (msc)
MSC · #101rare
Pricing
Normal: $1.71
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Willie Lumpkin can't be blocked. Whenever Willie Lumpkin deals combat damage to an opponent, you draw a card and that player may draw a card. If they do, that player can't attack you or permanents you control during their next turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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