Trickster's Elk: Trickery in the Woods
Trickster's Elk from Modern Horizons 3 offers a flexible play pattern built around Bestow. With a mana investment of {2}{G}, you get an Enchantment Creature that can hit the board as a sturdy elk or attach as an Aura to another creature. If you cast it for its Bestow cost, it becomes an Aura spell with enchant creature and sticks to a target while the rest of your board continues to tempo the game.
When Trickster's Elk is attached, the enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green Elk with base power and toughness 3/3. Flavor text captures a playful moment in the court of Kenrith: “Wait. Is that one Dad?” spoken by Rowan to Will. The Light Play foil finish keeps the image vibrant while staying practical for foil-focused decks, and the card slots neatly into strategies that leverage aura based tricks and tempo swings without compromising board presence.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {2}{G}
- Card Type – Enchantment Creature
- Subtypes – Elk
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Bestow 1G (If you cast this card for its Bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.) Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3.
- Power / Toughness – 3/3