The Master of Lake-town

The Master of Lake-town

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{1}{B}{B} · Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
Rare · The Hobbit · Art by Marius Bota
Deathtouch Whenever a player loses life, that player mills that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.) When The Master of Lake-town dies, draw a card for each graveyard with seven or more cards in it.
Predicted power
Standard 41 Eng.D+Usr.

A 3/2 deathtouch body has no immediate value; damage-milling needs payoffs, though its death can draw cards in graveyard-heavy games.

Best home Black graveyard midrangeBand fringeConfidence 47%

Could be wrong if Revealed graveyard and sacrifice density could make the death trigger and incidental milling a more reliable engine.

Pioneer 32 Eng.D-Usr.

Pioneer's efficiency makes a 1BB 3/2 with delayed value a testing candidate, not a reliable inclusion, even in black attrition shells.

Best home Black attrition decksBand fringeConfidence 55%

Could be wrong if A proven life-loss or mill shell could turn the global trigger from incidental value into a meaningful payoff.

Modern 25 Eng.FUsr.

Modern's three-mana role-players need immediate impact or dense synergy; this is fragile and its milling does little without an unsupported payoff.

Band speculativeConfidence 63%

Could be wrong if An efficient, resilient life-loss/mill combo shell absent from the supplied context would substantially raise its adoption.

Legacy 19 Eng.FUsr.

At 1BB with no enters-the-battlefield effect, it is too slow and exposed for Legacy; incidental damage-mill and delayed death value lack a listed home.

Band speculativeConfidence 69%

Could be wrong if A compact life-loss/mill interaction not represented in the supplied context could provide a niche combo role.

Pauper Eng.NLUsr.
Commander 57 Eng.C+Usr.

Opponents damaged also mill, while its death can draw multiple cards once graveyards fill; a strong dedicated-synergy inclusion despite fragility.

Best home Black mill and life-loss decksBand competitiveConfidence 56%

Could be wrong if Graveyard exile, sparse repeatable life loss, or removal before graveyards develop can leave it as only a small deathtouch creature.

Limited 67 Eng.BUsr.

Three-mana deathtouch stabilizes and trades efficiently; ordinary longer games can make its death draw one or two cards, with milling as added pressure.

Best home Black graveyard deckBand premiumConfidence 39%

Could be wrong if Unknown draft speed, removal, and graveyard support determine how often its death trigger actually draws cards.

Life-loss mill payoff

“A fragile three-drop that turns damage into incidental milling and can cash in for cards on death in graveyard-heavy games.”

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

Previewed 20 July by GameSpot

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