Slickshot Show Off: Skybound Trickshot
Slickshot Show Off is a compact threat that rewards a proactive noncreature strategy. With flying and haste, this Bird Wizard enters as an immediate piece of pressure and can turn a single spell into a two damage swing by gaining a temporary power boost. It slots into spell heavy red decks where cantrips, burn, and artifact plays are common; each noncreature spell you cast not only advances your plan but also makes this creature a more dangerous attacker for the turn.
The Plot mechanic gives late game redundancy without bloating your curve. Use Plot to set up a surprise follow up or to recover tempo after a flooded hand. From a lore angle Slickshot Show Off feels like a street performer who learned to use pyrotechnics to survive the frontier skies. Practical players will appreciate how it connects cheap spells to incremental damage and board presence.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {1}{R}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Bird Wizard
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Flying, haste
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Slickshot Show-Off gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Plot 1{R} (You may pay 1{R} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
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Power / Toughness – 1/2
