Didact Echo (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Light Play

Echo of Teaching

Didact Echo is a concise entry for blue decks that prefer card advantage and late game leverage. Didact Echo enters the battlefield and immediately replaces itself by drawing a card. With a mana cost of {4}{U} and a 3/2 body, it fits into midrange and control shells where time and card selection matter more than early tempo.

The Descend 4 ability rewards decks that amass permanents in the graveyard and then switch the role of this Spirit Cleric to a defensive flyer. In practice this card reads as a one for one up front with upside once your graveyard strategy or attrition plan is in place. It plays well alongside self mill and sacrifice synergies common to the Lost Caverns of Ixalan environment and can trade profitably once it gains flying.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {4}{U}
• Card Type – Creature
• Subtypes – Spirit Cleric
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – When Didact Echo enters the battlefield, draw a card. Descend 4 — Didact Echo has flying as long as there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard.
• Power / Toughness – 3/2