Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake - Showcase (Foil) (LCI)

Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake

Card Type: Legendary Creature - Skeleton Horror

Power/Toughness: 6/4

Card Text:

• Vigilance, menace
• Descend 8 - {4}{U}{B}: Return Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard and only as a sorcery. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

Card Characteristics:

• Casting Cost: {3}{U}{B}
• Artist: WolfSkullJack

Card Abilities and Interaction:

• Vigilance: Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake has vigilance, allowing it to attack without tapping.

• Menace: Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake has menace, making it challenging for opponents to block, as it requires at least two creatures to be declared as blockers.

• Descend 8: This is a special ability that allows you to bring Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake back from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. The conditions are that there must be eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, and you can only activate this ability as a sorcery. The finality counter ensures that if the creature would later die, it gets exiled instead.

Flavor and Lore: The name "Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake" suggests a creature with a mysterious and ominous backstory. The artwork by WolfSkullJack likely captures the eerie and horror-themed nature of this legendary skeleton.

Overall Impression: Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake is a formidable creature with a built-in ability to return from the graveyard under specific conditions. The combination of vigilance and menace makes it a potent threat on the battlefield, and the Descend ability adds a layer of strategic depth to its gameplay.