Belligerent Guest: Keep the Pressure
Belligerent Guest is a compact beatstick that keeps value flowing while it presses the board. The card name rewards you for punching through with trample and converting damage into a Blood token you can cash in later, which fits cleanly into aggressive red decks that also want card selection. In limited and jumpstart builds this 3 by 2 body for {2}{R} trades well and threatens to close out a game once it connects even a couple of times.
Play it when you need an attacker that doubles as a resource engine. The Blood token reads as a small artifact you can pay to draw a card by discarding, so each successful swing not only chips away at life totals but refuels your hand and smooths the next turns. Experienced players will find it useful in burn builds, vampires, or mixed aggro decks where incremental advantage and pressure combine to win races.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{R}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Vampire
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it is attacking.) Whenever Belligerent Guest deals combat damage to a player, create a Blood token. (It’s an artifact with "1, Tap, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
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Power / Toughness – 3/2
