Corrupt Court Official (Foil) (SNC)

Corrupt Court Official
Casting Cost: {1} {b}
Card type: Creature - Human Advisor
Power/Toughness: 1/1
Card Text:
When Corrupt Court Official Enters The Battlefield, Target opponent Discards A Card.
Flavour text:
"I would go what they have here a justice system. More like an auction."
-Elspeth
Artist: Drew Baker

Strengths and Weaknesses:

• Strengths:
  • Efficiently costed at 2 mana.
  • Disrupts The Opponent's Hand Upon Enterting The Battlefield.
  • Can be reuse with flicker or reanimation effects.
• Weaknesses:
  • Low power and toughness make it vulnerable to removal and ineffective in combat.

Deck Utility:

• Discard decks: Fits naturally into a strategy focused on forcing the opponent to discard cards.

• Aristocrat Decks: As a cheap creature, it could be as fodder for sacrifice effects.

• Control decks: Could be used to strip opponents of resources, particularly in a multiplayer setting where repeated flickering or reanimating could Keep hands empty.

Interactions and Combos:

• Flicker Effects (E.G., Flickerwisp, Ephemerate): Reusing its enter-the-battlefield (ETB) effect can lead to further hand disruption.

• Reanimation Spells: Even when it dies, bringing it back to the battlefield can force more discards.

• Skullclamp or Similar Draw Engines: Given ITS 1-TOoughness, It’s an excellent target for skullclamp, which would allow you to draw two cards.

Flavor and Lore:
The Card Seems to Depict The Dark Underbelly of a Society, Where Justice is not Impartial But Rather Easily Manipulated. The quote from Elspeth Adds Another Layer to the Moral Ambiguity of the Setting.

Overall Impression:
Corrupt Court Official is a straightforward card that sacrifices decent utility for its cost. While not particularly powerful in a vacuum, it shines in decks that can maximize its etb effect or sacrifice it for greater benefit.