Amphin Mutineer: Tide of Reprisal
Amphin Mutineer is a compact but disruptive blue threat that reads well in midrange and tempo builds. When it enters the battlefield you may exile a non Salamander creature which forces your opponent to swap a permanent for a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior token. That exchange can trade board presence for a single hefty attacker and it rewards timing and target selection.
The encore ability makes Amphin Mutineer a recurring tactical tool from the graveyard. Pay four and two blue to exile it and you create attacking token copies against each opponent. Those tokens must attack that turn if able and are sacrificed at the next end step. The card fits into pirate and tribal shells while offering asymmetric removal that is easy to plan around and hard to ignore in multiplayer confrontations.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {3}{U}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Salamander Pirate
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – When Amphin Mutineer enters the battlefield, exile up to one target non‑Salamander creature. That creature's controller creates a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior creature token. Encore {4}{U}{U} ({4}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy of that permanent that attacks that opponent this turn if able. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
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Power / Toughness – 3/3
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Rarity – Rare
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Set – Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
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Language – English
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Condition – Light Play