Watermark: Obscura Illustrated by Wisnu Tan Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Not Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp
With cards like Flux Channeler or Inexorable Tide, even casting your normal noncreature spells turns into a wave of counter growth across your board
For example, if an Elite Inquisitor (a 2/2 with first strike) blocks a Grizzly Bear (a 2/2 with no abilities), the Inquisitor deals damage before the Bear can, so the Bears dies and the Inquisitor survives 3 Vigilance Vigilance is the ability to attack without tapping
This isnt so much a mechanic, but its something we wanted to do a lot of times across the set
Im a fan of its mechanics but also its impossibly edgy aesthetics
These sorts of cards, that are at once armies-in-a-can, value engines, and strategy enablers, quickly earn a reputation as kill-on-sight targets