Smelted Chargebug

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Character Background

Smelted Chargebug is the sort of cheap, flexible one-drop that best supports a tempo/aggro plan while seeding an energy economy for midgame payoffs; as a 1/3 with menace for {1}{R} it survives early trades and pressures blockers. Its enter-the-battlefield two energy is meaningful in shells that already care about E, and the attack ability converts a single energy into incremental reach—giving another attacker +1/+0 and menace can turn a chump block into real damage or push a threat through for lethal. It pairs neatly with small evasive creatures and attack-focused equipment (Embercleave is a classic example) or with artifact creature aggro lists where many cheap attackers make each trigger count. Deckbuilding tip: run multiples and include at least a couple of dedicated energy producers or repeatable payoffs so Chargebug’s ETB and attack tax become a reliable resource rather than a one-off, turning early tempo into sustained offensive value.

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