Survey Mechan: Your Skyborne Sentinel of Strategy
The Survey Mechan from the Edge of Eternities set is a versatile artifact creature that fits seamlessly into decks prioritizing control and resource management. With its flying ability, it provides evasive board presence, allowing you to maintain pressure while staying out of reach from most ground-based threats. Its inherent hexproof means opponents cannot target it with spells or abilities, keeping your aerial scout safe and consistent as a source of value.
More than just a flyer, Survey Mechan offers a powerful late-game utility: by paying a significant activation cost and sacrificing itself, it deals direct damage to any target and grants your opponent card draw and life gain. This ability, which scales with the number of basic lands you control, rewards careful mana base construction and strategic timing. It's a tool for turning the tide or closing out games by combining offense with card advantage in a unique package.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost: {4}
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Card Type: Artifact Creature
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Subtypes: Robot
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Card Text / Rules Text: Flying
Hexproof (This creature can’t be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
{10}, Sacrifice Survey Mechan: It deals 3 damage to any target. Target player draws three cards and gains 3 life. This ability costs {X} less to activate, where X is the number of differently named basic lands you control.
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Power / Toughness: 1/3
