Marionette Apprentice (Retro Frame) Light Play Foil
Marionette Apprentice arrives as a compact black mana cost creature with Fabricate 1, offering flexible play for a developing board. You can either put a +1/+1 counter on it or create one colorless artifact creature token, making it a versatile piece for both creature heavy and artifact oriented strategies. In Modern Horizons 3 with the retro frame, this card lands as a reliable value engine that scales with your board state.
Its primary payoff comes from a subtle, persistent pressure: whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life. That recurring drain fits the puppeteer theme and rewards thoughtful sac outlets and resilient board presence. Flavor text—“Ah! Yes! I got its leg to twitch!”—adds a touch of character to the craft and keeps the play pattern grounded in practical, table-ready use.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {1}{B}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Human Artificer
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Card Text (Printed) – Fabricate 1. Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
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Power / Toughness – 1/2
