Snatch and Sprint
Zealous Conscripts is a compact theft engine that converts one well timed sacrifice into a tempo swing. The card art shows a human warrior lunging through a burst of flame, reflecting the card's on arrival threat: haste that lets it attack immediately and an enter the battlefield ability that steals a single permanent until the turn ends. In practice this is a clean answer to a blocker, an opponent's expensive artifact or creature, or a way to push through surprise damage and then return the prize.
As a 3/3 with haste for a total cost of five mana this card sits in the late midgame as a practical play that can change combat math and board position in a single turn. Use it to untap and seize a blocker to open a lane, to borrow an activated land or mana rock, or to capitalize on synergies that care about temporary control. Add one to a red aggressive shell or a toolbox where short term control matters and you gain an efficient, flexible interaction. Pick this up to increase your turn to turn leverage.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost: {4}{R}
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Card Type: Creature
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Subtypes: Human Warrior
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed): Haste. When Zealous Conscripts enters the battlefield, gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap that permanent. It gains haste until end of turn.
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Power / Toughness: 3/3
