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CardName: Screeching Strix Cost: UB Type: Artifact Creature - Bird Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Rules Text: Flying {U}{B}: Each player mills a card. If an artifact card is buried this way, put a +1/+1 counter on Screeching Strix. Flavour Text: The screech of a strix can drain the thoughts and memories of those who hear it, which in turn nourishes the bird. Set/Rarity: [Alara] Esper Rare |
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Esper Watermark original design by thespinnity@reddit.com
Published as mtgnexus Card of the Day 2019-09-16.
Seems very tames - especially for a rare. While I don't care for the potential swinginess of Mindshrieker, I think this could use something to buff it up. Something like deathtouch perhaps?
This can be poly-activated. Looks pretty decent in an Esper artifact deck as an evasive wincon that comes down early and grows steadily in the late game, fueling your own graveyard strategies at the same time.
Hmm, I didn't notice it affected each player. I guess...
updated wording: mill