Evelyn, the Covetous
Casting Cost: {2}{U/B}{B}{B/R}
Card Type: Legendary Creature - Vampire Rogue
Power/Toughness: 2/5
Card Text:
- Flash
- Whenever Evelyn, the Covetous or another vampire enters the battlefield under your control, exile the top card of each player's library with a collection counter on it.
- Once each turn, you may play a card from exile with a collection counter on it if it was exiled by an ability you controlled, and you may spend mana as though it were any color to cast it.
Artist: Marta Nael
Strengths:
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Card Advantage: Provides incremental card advantage by exiling cards from each player's library, including your own, for later use.
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Flexibility: Can play cards from exile, allowing for a broader range of options in the game.
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Mana Fixing: The ability to use mana of any color to cast cards from exile offers a degree of mana fixing.
Weaknesses:
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Mana Intensive: The casting cost is somewhat high and requires a specific set of colors, making it harder to fit into any deck.
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Specific Trigger: Only triggers off Vampire creatures entering the battlefield, limiting synergy options.
Potential Deck Placement:
- Likely to find a home in Grixis or Dimir Vampire decks that can take advantage of the synergistic elements.
- Could also be used in a more generic "theft" or "exile matters" deck to utilize cards from the opponent's library.
Flavor and Art:
- The art and the name of the card imply a vampire's covetous and predatory nature, fitting well with the card's ability to "collect" cards from both your own and your opponent's library.
Overall Impression:
- Evelyn, the Covetous is a versatile card with multiple avenues for generating advantage. Its specificity in triggering off Vampires and its higher mana cost may make it less universally applicable, but in the right deck, it can be a powerful engine for card advantage and strategy disruption.