Barbed Servitor: The Prickly Informant
Barbed Servitor rewards aggressive board presence with precise exchange. This Artifact Creature Construct costs {3}{B} and reads as a compact engine piece. It is indestructible which lets it absorb removal that relies on destruction while its enter the battlefield trigger asks you to suspect it. In combat it converts damage dealt to card advantage and a predictable one life payment. When it is damaged the board tilts back toward you because the amount of damage becomes direct life loss for a chosen opponent.
Use Barbed Servitor where incremental value matters. It supports attrition strategies and graveyard interactions because it cannot be destroyed by conventional means. The suspect mechanic and the life loss mirror the Murders at Karlov Manor theme of secrets and retaliation. From a practical deck building standpoint it is a one mana and board tax on opponents that you can leverage in longer games where each card and each point of life counts.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {3}{B}
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Card Type – Artifact Creature
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Subtypes – Construct
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Indestructible
When Barbed Servitor enters the battlefield, suspect it.
Whenever Barbed Servitor deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Whenever Barbed Servitor is dealt damage, target opponent loses that much life.
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Power / Toughness – 1/1
