Mutant Surveyor — Scout the Aether
Mutant Surveyor is a compact, efficient black creature that earns its place in low to midcurve builds. Mutant Surveyor rewards incremental advantage and timing; the printed reminder ability Start your engines clarifies how its speed grows as opponents lose life, and the activated pump gives you a cheap combat trick to push through damage or trade up. In practice this Common performs as a flexible early blocker and an occasional finisher when you exploit the speed mechanic.
The Aetherdrift flavor sits in the mechanics. Mutant Surveyor reads as a field operative who adapts each turn and can be recycled for card value from the graveyard, which makes it useful in decks that fill their yard. Use the creature to probe lines of play, bait removal, and convert tactical damage into card advantage. Add it to aggressive black shells or graveyard synergy builds where that exile for a draw lines up with your late game plan.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{B}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Mutant Scout
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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.) 2: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Max speed : 3, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.
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Power / Toughness – 2/3
