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Dark Confidant
Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Dark Confidant is a quintessential value engine that fits best in aggressive midrange or tempo shells that can leverage steady card advantage while accepting incremental life loss; its 2/1 body pressures early board states and turns raw card flow into real tempo. Thematically it reads as a bargain: a wizard who trades secrets for vitality, draining the player as each revelation arrives. Practically, build around a low average converted mana cost—pack one-drops, two-mana removal and cheap evasive threats—so the life cost is usually minimal; include scry, cheap cantrips or top-deck manipulators to reduce high-cost surprises and consider running a small life-gain package or incremental lifelink creatures if your meta is burn-heavy. Dark Confidant also pairs well with discard or disruption strategies that want constant refuels, and benefits from redundancies (multiple cheap answer cards) rather than a few expensive bombs that can punish its ability. As a mythic staple, it rewards tight deck construction and aggressive, value-oriented game plans.
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Character Background
Dark Confidant is a quintessential value engine that fits best in aggressive midrange or tempo shells that can leverage steady card advantage while accepting incremental life loss; its 2/1 body pressures early board states and turns raw card flow into real tempo. Thematically it reads as a bargain: a wizard who trades secrets for vitality, draining the player as each revelation arrives. Practically, build around a low average converted mana cost—pack one-drops, two-mana removal and cheap evasive threats—so the life cost is usually minimal; include scry, cheap cantrips or top-deck manipulators to reduce high-cost surprises and consider running a small life-gain package or incremental lifelink creatures if your meta is burn-heavy. Dark Confidant also pairs well with discard or disruption strategies that want constant refuels, and benefits from redundancies (multiple cheap answer cards) rather than a few expensive bombs that can punish its ability. As a mythic staple, it rewards tight deck construction and aggressive, value-oriented game plans.
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