Unlucky Witness (SNC)

Unlucky Witness
Casting Cost: {R}
Card Type: Creature - Human Citizen
Power/Toughness: 1/1
Card Text:

• When Unlucky Witness dies, exile the top two cards of your library. Until your next end step, you may play one of those cards.
  Flavour Text:
• The guard took a midnight shift to earn a promotion. Unfortunately, so did the assassin.
  Artist: Tyler Walpole

Analysis:

Unlucky Witness is a one-drop red creature with a unique death trigger, offering card advantage possibilities.

Strengths:

1. Low Cost: At just one red mana, this creature is easy to get onto the battlefield early.
2. Card Advantage: Its death trigger allows you to potentially gain card advantage by playing an exiled card.
3. Combo Potential: Can be utilized in decks that focus on sacrificing creatures for value.

Potential Downsides:

1. Vulnerable: A 1/1 body makes it susceptible to virtually all forms of removal and blockers.
2. Temporary Advantage: The cards are exiled, and you have until your next end step to play one, making it a fleeting opportunity.
3. Death Required: The creature needs to die for the trigger to work, which may not always be under your control.

Deck Placement:
Unlucky Witness could fit well into decks focused on sacrificing creatures for various effects. It could also find a place in aggressive red decks as a low-cost creature that can offer some late-game utility.

Flavour and Art:
The flavour text paints a vivid narrative, emphasizing the "unlucky" nature of the Witness. It gives a sense of story to the card, adding depth beyond just the mechanics. As for the art, while I can't see it, the artist and flavor text imply that it would fit thematically with the card's concept.

Overall Impression:
Unlucky Witness is a low-cost creature with an intriguing death trigger. While not incredibly impactful on its own, in the right deck it could provide both early-game presence and late-game card advantage. The temporary nature of the exiled cards adds a layer of complexity and decision-making to its use.