Tax Collector
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Human Advisor
Oracle Text:
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Tax — Until your next turn, spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.
• Arrest — Detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)
Power/Toughness: 2/2
Rarity: uncommon
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Assassin's Creed
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Character Background
Tax Collector is a clean two-mana play that fits best in tempo and control shells, where a small body can buy a crucial turn while still pressuring life totals. The choice between Tax and Arrest gives it real flexibility: Tax is strongest when you’re ahead or trying to force through a key turn, since making every opposing spell cost {1} more can strand removal, counterspells, or curve plays just long enough for you to keep initiative. Arrest is better when you need immediate board stabilization, especially against a single large attacker, a utility creature, or something with activated abilities. In multiplayer, Tax also scales well by taxing every opponent at once. Deckbuilding-wise, it pairs nicely with blink effects or recursion, since reusing the enter-the-battlefield trigger lets you adapt to the board each time. As a lore piece, it reads like a stern bureaucrat from Assassin’s Creed, turning law into pressure.
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