Nightstreet Instigator
Shadow Alley Denizen is a compact tool for black creature decks. The card reads as a single black mana 1 1 creature Vampire Rogue that converts board development into evasive pressure. Whenever another black creature enters the battlefield under your control you can grant intimidate to a target creature until end of turn, which turns ordinary attackers into effective threats against grounded defenses.
Play this Denizen in token builds or any list that produces recurring black creatures and you get repeated windows to punch through blockers. The card fits naturally into Ravnica lore as a streetwise agent of the night who capitalizes on allies arriving in the fray. For experienced players it is a low cost incremental piece that forces opponents to reconsider their blocking math.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {B}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Vampire Rogue
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Whenever another black creature enters the battlefield under your control, target creature gains intimidate until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
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Power / Toughness – 1/1