It grants one of your cards the Evasive keyword for the turn, making your fragile or high Lore cards practically untouchable
Last updated on June 19, 2026 Necropotence | Illustration by Dave Kendall Although card draw is theoretically only a secondary part of black's color pie, there are enough powerful black card draw effects that some might be welcome in your 99 of your Commander deck even when paired with the card draw powerhouses (blue and green)
The vast majority, however, saw it as an exciting innovation
Any player other than the battles protector may have creatures attack that battle in combat, and the protector can assign blockers for that battle
Still, it's not the most valuable Eeveelution of that set - you'll learn more about that soon
One of the three common Exploit creatures could cast a spell that cost more than 1 mana (imagine if Chill of the Grave were an Exploit effect rather than a card in the set)