Underworld Contacts
Black Market Connections trades life for options in a compact enchantment that earns its seat in control shells and midrange decks. The card taxes your life total to create a Treasure token, draw a card, or spawn a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter with changeling, giving you flexible tempo and resource plays during the beginning of your precombat main phase. Playing it early sets up economy or card advantage on turns where you need answers rather than raw power.
From a piloting perspective the choice architecture matters. Use the Treasure route to ramp into a critical play, the draw route to smooth your next turns, or the Shapeshifter route to shore up boards against evasive threats while still feeding graveyards and synergies. Black Market Connections fits into graveyard value strategies and artifact synergies and rewards deliberate planning more than flashy turns. Add it to a list if you want repeatable, predictable payoff with tight life management.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{B}
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Card Type – Enchantment
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Subtypes – (none)
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – At the beginning of your precombat main phase, choose one or more — Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life. Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life. Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It has every creature type.)
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Power / Toughness – N A
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Set – Universes Beyond Assassins Creed
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Rarity – Rare
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Language – English
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Condition – Medium Play
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Style – Normal
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Notes – Useful in decks that convert life into tempo economy or value. The global description tag highlights its usefulness for immersive gameplay and strategic play patterns.
