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CardName: Blick, Noir City Butcher Cost: 2br Type: Legendary Creature - Goblin Rogue Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Rules Text: Haste, Exploit When Blick exploits a creature, destroy target creature or planeswalker. At the beginning of your end step, return Blick to its owner's hand. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Noir Rare

Blick, Noir City Butcher
{2}{b}{r}
 
 R 
Legendary Creature – Goblin Rogue
Haste, Exploit
When Blick exploits a creature, destroy target creature or planeswalker.
At the beginning of your end step, return Blick to its owner's hand.
2/2
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Updated on 05 Nov 2021 by continuumg

Code: RZ05

History: [-]

2019-10-27 20:39:40: continuumg created the card Blick, Noir City Butcher
2019-10-27 20:42:38: continuumg edited Blick, Noir City Butcher:

Now legendary with pseudo-dash

2019-10-27 20:42:55: continuumg edited Blick, Noir City Butcher:

removed reminder text

2019-10-27 20:43:07: continuumg edited Blick, Noir City Butcher
2019-10-30 01:25:52: continuumg edited Blick, Noir City Butcher
2019-10-30 01:27:24: continuumg edited Blick, Noir City Butcher:

Name change; Berserker -> Rogue

on 30 Oct 2019 by Link:

True, but the repeatability makes it very different from those cards.

on 31 Oct 2019 by continuumg:

Yes, I’m aware. Think it’s too much?

on 31 Oct 2019 by Link:

I think it has the potential to be very oppressive.

on 31 Oct 2019 by Vitenka:

sassen frassen mechanics on rares not being expanded...
Ok; so, when ~ ETBs you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, a target dies. And it's a 2/2 haste.

So, yeah; this is a stupidly repeatable kill spell. As soon as you have one more creature in play than your opopnent, you can start whittling them down and they'll never have another creature in play again. And then you don't even need a finisher - it can plink them to death 2 at a time. So this plus any token generator is a lock.

But only a soft lock. It's not impossible to counteract; but you do need instant speed to do it. That seems rather too good for something you can start doing on the second turn. Seems like a deck built around it will often go "T1 goblin, T2 this, T3 opponent punches you in the face and walks away."

Eh; I dunno. Repeatable removal is a thing. It feels like this is too cheap though, given you're getting two damage on top of it.

on 31 Oct 2019 by Froggychum:

I like this card a lot, but it's probably a bit strong because repeatability...

How about, When Blick exploits a creature, you may pay {b}{r} if you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker....

That means you have to wait until turn 4 where they start losing permanents, and you are also sacrificing other cards and effects for this. I think adding a cost means being able to reuse it doesn't hurt the game so much.

2019-10-31 15:15:20: continuumg edited Blick, Noir City Butcher:

Added 1 to the cost; I’ll keep it here until I’m ready to playtest

on 31 Oct 2019 by continuumg:

Alternatively, I could have it shock or drain 2 life

2021-01-27 22:24:52: continuumg edited Blick, Noir City Butcher
on 05 Nov 2021 by SecretInfiltrator:

It looks like this has become much more reasonable. I assume it got another +{1} on the most recent update.

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