2-power 1-drops aren't common any more. Imagine someone curving out with 3 of these by turn 2.

Is there any reason it needs to say "damage equal to its power" rather than just "2 damage"? Opponents using their Giant Growths to get extra burn that way can't be a very frequent use case.

But sure they can still be common, given things like Vampire Lacerator and Loyal Pegasus.

­Vampire Lacerator is old. Compare to Bloodsoaked Champion. White also gets better small creatures than red.

Lacerator is from before the recent policy, I think. Loyal Pegasus is an interesting case, but I guess it's unlikely to be attacking on turn 2.

Sam Stoddard said this week:

> On the other end of the spectrum, we tend to put our most efficient one- and two-drop simple creatures at uncommon to help aggressive decks work in Limited, but to keep them from being too numerous and powerful. A good example of this kind of card is Elite Vanguard in many core sets, or something like Tormented Hero from Theros block. What is keeping these from being common is not how complicated, or necessarily how powerful they are by themselves, but instead by how powerful they are as a class of creature and just how swingy Limited decks can be with a large number of them.

I guess it's fair that it's not completely forbidden. Just that it's the strong default for them to be uncommon or higher: Gnarled Scarhide is uncommon as Tormented Hero was, and all the other 2-power 1-drops in Standard are actually rare - Satyr Firedrinker, Soldier of the Pantheon and Bloodsoaked Champion.

As Sam mentions, the same applies to 3-power 2-drops: there'll still be a common one occasionally like Oreskos Swiftclaw, but they're generally uncommon or higher - Call of the Conclave, Sightless Brawler, Spirit of the Labyrinth, Fleecemane Lion.

I see. I've changed this to be a reprint of Jackal Familiar. I believe that since it can't attack on turn 2, it's fine at common, like Loyal Pegasus.

Yeah, agreed.