Graveblade Marauder — Quiet But Cutting

Graveblade Marauder is a compact threat that does more than its 1 4 frame suggests. The card name fits the design: a deathtouch creature that punishes opponents directly when it connects, converting a modest black mana investment into steady erosion of life totals as your graveyard grows. Players familiar with grindy midrange lines will recognize how this card leverages attrition and battlefield trades to compound advantage.

In practical play the Marauder shines in decks that fill the graveyard with creatures. It survives large blockers thanks to deathtouch and translates combat damage into additional life loss equal to creature cards in your graveyard, so each sacrifice, delve piece or reanimated corpse increases its ceiling. Use it as a repeatable deterrent to attacking or to pressure planeswalkers while you set up removal and recursion. Near Mint, English print from Foundations Jumpstart, this uncommon is an efficient inclusion for black decks that value long term card economy and incremental value.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {2}{B}
• Card Type – Creature
• Subtypes – Human Warrior
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Whenever Graveblade Marauder deals combat damage to a player, that player loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
• Power / Toughness – 1/4