Enter the Animus
The Animus brings Assassin lore into Magic play with a compact, utility focused artifact that rewards planning. For a cost of {2} you get a repeatable engine: at the end of your turn you can exile a legendary creature card from any graveyard and place a memory counter on it. That interaction sets up future turns by stocking exile with legendary options and giving you a bank of targets for the Animus ability.
Tap to copy is where the card earns its keep. Tap the Animus and, until your next turn, a legendary creature you control becomes a copy of a creature card in exile that has a memory counter. The effect is sorcery speed which keeps it balanced while still enabling toolbox plays, tag team combos and deception in commander or casual cube. Use it to steal useful enters the battlefield effects or to mirror a game winning legend. Practical, precise and ripe for deckbuilding exploration.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}
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Card Type – Legendary Artifact
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target legendary creature card from a graveyard with a memory counter on it. {T}: Until your next turn, target legendary creature you control becomes a copy of target creature card in exile with a memory counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.
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Power / Toughness – N A
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Loyalty – N A
