Frostbound Rider
Winter, Cursed Rider is a control friendly legendary creature that gives a new angle to artifact and tempo strategies. Winter, Cursed Rider rewards careful resource management: its Ward ability forces opponents to choose between removing a threat or paying extra life, and it grants that same protection to your artifacts, making your clock pieces harder to answer. As a 3/2 body for {U}{B} it fits into midrange shells and provides a repeatable deterrent against cheap removal.
The Exhaust ability reads as a scalable board tool that leverages your graveyard into a finisher. Pay the cost, exile X artifacts from your graveyard and you shrink opposing nonartifact creatures by X until end of turn. In play this converts sacrificed or milled artifacts into a tempo swing that clears attackers or stabilizes a racing loss. Use Winter, Cursed Rider to protect combo engines or to buy a turn for your late game plans.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost {U}{B}
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Card Type Legendary Creature
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Subtypes Human Warlock
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) Ward: Pay 2 life. Artifacts you control have "Ward: Pay 2 life." Exhaust: {2}{U}{B}, Tap, Exile X artifact cards from your graveyard: Each other nonartifact creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
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Power / Toughness 3/2
