Barbed Servitor
Barbed Servitor arrives as a compact tool for attrition and card advantage in black artifact builds. The 1 1 body with indestructible makes it a persistent threat you can trade into unfavorable blockers while still triggering value. When Barbed Servitor enters the battlefield, it forces a suspect on the table and can pressure opponents through combat damage triggers that convert a hit into a card with a one life cost. That exchange fits neatly into slower Karlov Manor strategies that grind value while managing the board.
Its reactive ability reads like a tax on damage to the board, turning any damage dealt to Barbed Servitor into direct life loss for an opponent. That creates a clock in multiplayer and skews favorable in attrition matchups. Use it with sacrifice outlets or deathtouch creatures to maximize triggers and leverage the artifact creature creature type with synergies that care about constructs. Barbed Servitor is practical, consistent and plays well with threats that capitalize on incremental advantage.
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. (It has menace and can t block.)
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
