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CardName: Venerated Rakshasa Cost: BGU Type: Creature - Cat Demon Pow/Tgh: 3/5 Rules Text: Morph {3}{U}{B} or {3}{B}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When you turn this face up for its {3}{U}{B} morph cost, target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. When you turn this face up for its {3}{B}{G} morph cost, up to one target other creature's controller sacrifices it and gains life equal to its power. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: [Assorted] Card Repository Rare

Venerated Rakshasa
{b}{g}{u}
 
 R 
Creature – Cat Demon
Morph {3}{u}{b} or {3}{b}{g} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When you turn this face up for its {3}{u}{b} morph cost, target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
When you turn this face up for its {3}{b}{g} morph cost, up to one target other creature's controller sacrifices it and gains life equal to its power.
3/5
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Updated on 15 Jun 2026 by SecretInfiltrator

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2026-06-08 20:30:19: SecretInfiltrator created and commented on the card Venerated Rakshasa
on 14 Jun 2026 by Sorrow:

I don't think this design is a bit weird.

There's nothing to justify this card's colors if it's played face-up. It's just outright bad. At the very least, this should have a body to justify that cost. By itself, it's a 3/4 vanilla in three colors. It's a terrible card if you can't pay the morph cost.

With that, the morph cost is split between dimir and golgari. The dimir isn't bad, but a 3/4 with a Sign in Blood for a total of 8 mana over two turns seems weak in the FIRE era (I'm not saying that's a good thing, just how the game seems now).

The golgari side is target forget sac which is good but just weird. Letting an creature indestructible creature make the golgari morph cost whiff is pretty reasonable. Otherwise, choosing a highest mana value, power, or toughness for the sacrifice probably works.

Why not harken back to Eventide and combine combine the morph cost and abilities with a hybrid cost?

Morph {3}{u/g}{b} "When ~ is turned face up, if {g} was spent to pay for ~'s morph cost, target opponent sacrifices a creature with the highest mana value they control. You gain life equal to its power. If {u} was spent to pay for ~'s morph cost, target player draws two cards and loses two life."

on 15 Jun 2026 by SecretInfiltrator:
  • Sorrow wrote: "There's nothing to justify this card's colors if it's played face-up. It's just outright bad. At the very least, this should have a body to justify that cost. By itself, it's a 3/4 vanilla in three colors. It's a terrible card if you can't pay the morph cost."

You are right. I haven't properly adjusted the P/T to the mana cost. I also used pretty underwhelming common KTK-era creatures as reference. Any colors can get a virtual vanilla though.

  • Sorrow wrote: "The golgari side is target forget sac which is good but just weird. Letting an creature indestructible creature make the golgari morph cost whiff is pretty reasonable. Otherwise, choosing a highest mana value, power, or toughness for the sacrifice probably works."

Just saving some words. :) I just think leaving the choice to the player is most interesting with the life gain for the opponent.

  • Sorrow wrote: "Why not harken back to Eventide and combine combine the morph cost and abilities with a hybrid cost?"

Mostly, I really don't want to enable getting both effects at once.

2026-06-15 18:06:04: SecretInfiltrator edited Venerated Rakshasa:

cost: {1}{b}{g}{u} >> {b}{g}{u}; pt: 3/4 >> 3/5

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