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CardName: Icatian Moneychanger Cost: {W} Type: Creature - Dragon Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Rules Text: At the start of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Risen Empires Common

Icatian Moneychanger

Creature – Dragon

At the start of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life.

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Updated on 27 Nov 2019 by Vitenka

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2014-10-14 08:40:31: Vitenka created and commented on the card Icatian Moneychanger

by Vitenka:

Icatian Moneychanger

So... this card is just BAD. Ok, the idea is nice - you loan him some money, he pays you back later. And in the meantime you get to use him as a blocker.

But... at best it's zero sum, and usually it's " {w} : Lose three life". Why would you DO that?

So - let's make him all upside, remove the counters.

Gaining 1 life a turn is never going to be a power-house; but at least he's now a 1-drop you won't be entirely ashamed of. And even late game, a couple of points oof life can be nice.

He's not comboable with token swarms the way other life gainers are; but on the flip side - you don't have to do anything special to gain the life. Just.. keep making change.

by Alex:

Yep, seems sensible. Comparable to Nyx-Fleece Ram. Not as powerful as Soul Warden, which is a good thing. Probably comparable to Leonin Elder.

by Vitenka:

Well... in set Leonin elder was practically "Gain 1 life for every card that enters play for the rest of the game".

how the HECK is the moneychanger rated 2.5 stars? Oohhhhh.. doubling season combo. Yeah; ok, that kinda makes sense.

2019-11-27 10:16:22: Vitenka edited Icatian Moneychanger:

(art) (And the art leads me to change the creature type) (and now the Icatians employ dragons. Will try and remember that for future cards)

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