Ride the Aether: Demonic Junker
Demonic Junker is a borderless Rare from Aetherdrift that rewards an artifact heavy board. The card reads Affinity for artifacts and arrives with an enter the battlefield trigger that lets you destroy up to one target creature controlled by each player. When your creature is taken this way the Junker chews through the wreckage and gains two +1/+1 counters making its four three frame more threatening while Crew 2 keeps it relevant in aggressive and midrange builds.
Use Demonic Junker where artifact density is high and sacrifice effects are available to reliably trade value and grow the Vehicle. It pairs cleanly with token engines and sacrifice outlets and serves as both a removal sweeper and a scalable attacker in decks that can quickly reduce its crew tax. The borderless art and Near Mint condition make this printing a collector friendly play piece that performs at the table and looks distinct in sleeved play. Add it to decks that want a forgiving removal angle and a late game threat that scales with artifacts in play.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {6}{B}
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Card Type – Artifact, Vehicle
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Subtypes – Vehicle
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Affinity for artifacts
When this Vehicle enters, for each player, destroy up to one target creature that player controls. If a creature you controlled was destroyed this way, put two +1/+1 counters on this Vehicle.
Crew 2
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Power / Toughness – 4/3