Gastal Thrillseeker: Engine of Mayhem
Gastal Thrillseeker is a compact threat for aggressive red black decks that want reliable tempo and incremental value. The card name signals its role; when Gastal Thrillseeker enters the battlefield it immediately chips an opponent for 1 and returns a life point to you, a trade that buys turns and clears race lines in close clock races. Its 2 3 body holds up against chump blockers and layers into combat math cleanly, making it a pragmatic inclusion in burn centered builds.
Start your engines is a mechanical hook that rewards repeated damage to opponents and scales across the game, granting the creature conditional deathtouch and haste at its top speed. In limited play this card reads as a resilient source of pressure, and in constructed shells it can turn small life swings into decisive tempo shifts. Add Gastal Thrillseeker to decks that want consistent early aggression and a little extra trickiness in combat resolution.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {B}{R}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Lizard Berserker
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent and you gain 1 life. Max speed — This creature has deathtouch and haste.
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Power / Toughness – 2/3
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Rarity – Uncommon
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Set – Aetherdrift
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Language – English
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Condition – Near Mint
