Taeko, the Patient Avalanche
Taeko, the Patient Avalanche plays like a tempo engine that rewards patient sequencing. This Legendary Creature enters tapped so your first turn with her often feels defensive, but her leave the battlefield trigger converts careful plays into both card selection and growth. When another creature you control leaves without dying you scry 1 and put a +1/+1 counter on Taeko, which turns sacrifice outs and evasive attacks into incremental advantage while smoothing draws for the next steps of the game.
On offense Taeko doubles as a tactical pump. Her attack ability lets you pay {U} to make a chosen attacker unblockable, which pairs well with creatures you plan to remove from combat afterwards or with creatures that will exit the battlefield to fuel her passive. The card reads cleanly for competitive builds, and the Turtle Ninja flavor fits a control tempo shell that wants incremental gains and reliable interaction. Add Taeko to blue decks that want a steady source of growth and a repeatable unblock effect that scales with your board sequencing.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {3}{U}
- Card Type – Legendary Creature
- Subtypes – Turtle Ninja
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Taeko, the Patient Avalanche enters tapped. Whenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it didn’t die, scry 1 and put a +1/+1 counter on Taeko. Whenever Taeko attacks, you may pay {U}. When you do, target attacking creature can’t be blocked this turn.
- Power / Toughness – 4/5