Watcher of the Wayside — Steady Mill and Life
Watcher of the Wayside is a compact artifact creature that gives you a tidy mill effect while stabilizing life totals. As an experienced player will note, this 3 cost 3 2 body arrives and immediately puts two cards from a chosen player into their graveyard while putting two life back in your pool. It slots into control and mill shells cleanly, offering a low variance way to pressure opponents without overcommitting board presence.
In the Tarkir environment the flavor fits: an old golem left at the edge of shifting clans, quietly executing a simple directive. Use it early to force sequencing errors or midgame as a repeatable tempo piece that trades incremental value for board time. Add this near mint copy to your collection or sideboard when you need a reliable, rules-simple answer that affects both libraries and life totals.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost: {3}
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Card Type: Artifact Creature
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Subtypes: Golem
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed): When this creature enters, target player mills two cards. You gain 2 life. (To mill two cards, a player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)
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Power / Toughness: 3/2
