Echo Inspector (SNC)

Echo Inspector
Casting Cost: {3} {u}
Card type: Creature - Bird Rogue
Power/Toughness: 2/3
Card Text:
Flying
When Echo Inspector Enters The Battlefield, IT Connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/ +1 counter on this creature.)
Flavor Text:
The Rendezvous Took Place An Hour Ago, But The Obscura Agent Read the Residue with Ease.
Artist: Lucas Graciano

Card Strengths and Weaknesses:

• Strengths:

  • Flying Gives It Evasion, Making It Harder to Block.
  • The "Connive" Ability Provides Card Selection and Potential Stat Boosting.
  • Versatile in that it can fit into dings that need flyers, card selection, or both.

• Weaknesses:

  • A Bit Costly at 4 Mana for a 2/3, Although the Abilities Make Up For It To Some Extent.
  • The "Connive" Ability is Dependent On Having a Nonland Card to Discard for Full Value.

Deck Utility:

• Control decks: Useful for card selection and as a defensive flyer.

• Pace: Can serve as a beater with evasion, while also smoothing out draws.

• Rogue Tribal: Could fit into a rogue-themed deck, possible synergizing with cards that care about the rogue creature type.

Interactions and Combos:

• Looting Effects: Works well with other cards that allow you to draw and discard, helping you find what you need.

• +1/+1 counters: Synergizes with other cards that manipulate or benefit from +1/ +1 counters.

• Flying Synergy: Cards Like "Favorable Winds" Could Make It More Powerful.

Flavor and Lore:
The Obscura, as Indicated in the Flavor Text, Are Skilled Agents Capable of Gathering Intelligence Effortlesly. The Art and Flavor Text Together give a spy-thriller vibe to the card.

Overall Impression:
ECHO Inspector's sacrifices a blend of utility, providing Both card selection and a potentialy growing threat in the air. While Not Overhelmingly Powerful, its Versatility Could Make It A Solid Inclusion In Various Types of Decks.