There are several upsides and downsides to this card, but the chance of getting additional combat on several turns is enticing
See this heavily banned Jeremy Neeman list that might have been the most busted deck at the first super-busted Modern Pro Tour in 2011
Legendary Creature - Vampire Rogue Counters (CTRL to add secondary) Creature Creature (CTRL to add secondary) Discard Discard (CTRL to add secondary) Drain Drain (CTRL to add secondary) Draw Ceremonial Knife Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage, create a Blood token." (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Equip (: Attach to target creature you control
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Like a Silverquill student doing debate prep, let's go over the hottest highlights of the new cards: Scriv, the Obligator is the new backup commander that achieves the old Silverquill Politics theme by way of creating a Contract, an aura token that punishes your opponents for attacking you but buffs the enchanted creature when they attack other opponents Eiganjo Dynastorian is this deck's entry to a new cycle of creatures with prepare-able spells that reference well-known and powerful spells from Magic's history in this case that spell is Replenish, in open defiance of the Reserved List, prepared by attacking with two or more creatures Intermediate Chirography, a new Class enchantment (another new cycle for each precon) that cares about life loss and modified creatures Forum Filibuster, a Dreadhorde Invasion-style enchantment that gives you an Inkling token every turn which additionally receives an Aura or Equipment attached to it from your graveyard
You see the latter two cards in Affinity in Modern, as its a surefire way to make those Cranial Platings worthwhile
