Reliable Trade, Quiet Growth
Reputable Merchant is a compact value engine for green white decks that favors incremental board development. When Reputable Merchant enters or dies it places a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control, which makes it useful both as an early play to bolster a key attacker and as a sacrifice or chump blocker that still advances your board state. At two power and two toughness it survives typical early trades and trades up when you plan for token or creature synergies.
From a Tarkir perspective the card reads as a small piece of ecosystem design. Its rate and triggered counter effect support go-wide strategies and creatures that care about counters or death triggers. Use Reputable Merchant to feed persist style interactions and to turn removal into long term advantage. Add it to decks that want reliable, low cost density and easy synergy with anthem effects. Pick one up now if you want a steady, low risk supplier for your creature-based plan.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{G}{W}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Human Citizen
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – When this creature enters or dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
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Power / Toughness – 2/2
