Starving Revenant - Borderless (LCI)

Starving Revenant

Card Type: Creature - Spirit Horror

Casting Cost: {2}{B}{B}

Power/Toughness: 4/4

Artist: Jorge Gutierrez Garcia

Card Text:

• When Starving Revenant enters the battlefield, surveil 2. Then for each card you put on top of your library, you draw a card and you lose 3 life.
• Descend 8 - Whenever you draw a card, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Card Characteristics:

• Casting Cost: {2}{B}{B}

Card Abilities and Interaction:

• Surveil: Upon entering the battlefield, Starving Revenant allows you to surveil 2, meaning you look at the top two cards of your library and choose to put them into your graveyard or back on top in any order.
• Card Draw and Life Loss: For each card you put on top of your library during surveil, you draw a card and lose 3 life. This provides card advantage at the cost of life.
• Descend 8 Ability: If there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, each time you draw a card, your opponent loses 1 life, and you gain 1 life. This adds additional value to drawing cards when the graveyard condition is met.

Flavor and Lore: The card's name, artwork, and any flavor text contribute to the narrative or theme of Starving Revenant within the game's lore.

Overall Impression: Starving Revenant is a versatile card that combines self-mill, card draw, and life manipulation. Its Descend 8 ability rewards players for maintaining a substantial graveyard, adding strategic depth to its use.