Starport Security
Mana Cost:
Type: Artifact Creature — Robot Soldier
Oracle Text:
{3}{W}, {T}: Tap another target creature. This ability costs {2} less to activate if you control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Power/Toughness: 1/1
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Edge of Eternities
Price ( USD): $0.04
USD: $0.04 · EUR: €0.03
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Character Background
Starport Security is a one-drop artifact creature that punches above its weight as a tempo/control piece: for a modest investment it can repeatedly tap problematic blockers or attackers, buying turns and enabling favorable combat trades while your heavier threats arrive. The activated cost is pricey without support, so this card shines in decks that either reliably put +1/+1 counters on creatures or include artifact-counter engines; pairing it with Steel Overseer, Hardened Scales, or any +1/+1-counter synergies drops the activation cost and turns repeated taps into a low-cost tempo loop. As an artifact creature it also benefits from equipment, blink-style flicker effects to reuse its tap body, and artifact hate considerations — pack redundancy or recursion if facing removal. Build it into Selesnya or white-inclusive midrange/control shells that want incremental denial and tempo, and include at least one consistent counter generator and a way to protect or recur the 1/1 so it can keep locking down key creatures through the midgame.
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