Mastermind of the Caverns
Akal Pakal, First Among Equals plays like a slow, reliable engine for artifact centric blue decks. For {2}{U} you get a 1/5 body that buys time and turns your artifact drops into card advantage at the end step. The ability triggers only when an artifact entered the battlefield under your control this turn so sequencing matters, but when it resolves you dig two cards and get to choose which becomes immediate resource and which becomes fuel for the graveyard.
This card fits into control shells that want steady card flow and into artifact synergies that can recur or exploit cards in the graveyard. In limited play Akal Pakal rewards careful tempo and timing. In constructed play he pairs well with cheap artifacts that enter and leave the battlefield or with artifact tutors that assure the trigger. The flavor is fitting for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan as the advisor guides discoveries and preserves knowledge even when conflict reshapes the board.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {2}{U}
- Card Type – Legendary Creature
- Subtypes – Human Advisor
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – At the beginning of each player's end step, if an artifact entered the battlefield under your control this turn, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
- Power / Toughness – 1/5