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Wonder Man, Hollywood Hero

Legendary Creature — Human Performer Hero3 generic manaRed manaRed mana

The interesting bet is a static ability pointed at a keyword rather than a creature type. Power-up is just an activated ability with a red cost attached; what this card contributes is the static clause that lets every power-up ability across your permanents fire one extra time. That turns a tribal-anthem design toward a mechanic instead of a tribe, a narrower and harder base to assemble than any creature type: you need board density of permanents carrying power-up abilities before the doubling means anything. On its own it is a 4/4 flyer for five whose own power-up (two +1/+1 counters on itself) can be activated an additional time thanks to that same static, stacking four counters per full cycle if you can afford the 5 generic manaRed manaRed mana twice. The rate is deliberately steep because the payoff lives elsewhere, and the parenthetical is the wrinkle worth flagging: when he arrives fresh, the activation cost drops by his own 3 generic manaRed manaRed mana, opening a window to squeeze value out of him the moment he lands rather than passing the turn and waiting a cycle. The 4/4 body is a reasonable floor so the card is not dead when power-up density is thin, but its purpose is the multiplier it lays over everything else you have committed, not the flyer stapled to it.

Wonder Man, Hollywood Hero (msh)
MSH · #160uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.13
Foil: $0.22
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying Each power-up ability of permanents you control can be activated an additional time. Power-up — 5 generic manaRed manaRed mana: Put two +1/+1 counters on Wonder Man. (Activate each power-up ability only . . . once? Reduce the cost by his mana cost if he entered 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
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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