cockatrice mtg card (Retro Frame) • 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #482 All cards will be carefully packed for safe transit Cockatrice (Card) | EDHREC

As there are numerous cards that allow creatures to deal damage equal to their toughness rather than their power, this card can often essentially provide numerous creatures with +2/+2 for only two mana

While this card may appear inherently defensive, able to make creatures more defensive during an opponent's attack, wall decks can often use this card offensively

What makes this card art grisly are the borders, which are the dripping flesh and viscera of whatever poor sod became the victim of this flow of maggots

Thankfully, it also lets you really plan ahead by giving the top card of your library Plot equal to its mana cost (as long as its a nonland card) and allowing you to cast it with that Plot cost directly from the top of your deck

In 1v1 formats when players have 20 life and aggro decks thrive, the risk of losing 3 life a turn adds up