Aegis of Borrowed Flesh
Assimilation Aegis rewards players who favor control and incremental advantage. The artifact arrives for {1}{W}{U} and can exile a creature as it enters the battlefield, then turn your equipped creature into a copy of that exiled card while it remains attached. Practical in blink decks and in strategies that want a single flexible threat, it converts removal into a toolbox and protects your plan by removing a problem creature from the game temporarily.
Play it when you need a utility shield that doubles as a copy engine. Equip for 2 to change a board presence into the creature you stole, then use that copy to trade, push damage, or enable combo pieces that care about specific creature types or enters the battlefield triggers. The foil near mint print from Outlaws of Thunder Junction makes it a collectible pick for players who value both function and style.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost {1}{W}{U}
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Card Type Artifact, Equipment
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Subtypes Equipment
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) When Assimilation Aegis enters the battlefield, exile up to one target creature until Assimilation Aegis leaves the battlefield. Whenever Assimilation Aegis becomes attached to a creature, for as long as Assimilation Aegis remains attached to it, that creature becomes a copy of a creature card exiled with Assimilation Aegis. Equip 2.
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