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The Kingpin of Crime
Oracle Text
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you attack, you may pay 2 life. If you do, until end of turn, creatures you control with toughness greater than their power assign combat damage equal to their toughness rather than their power.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
The Kingpin of Crime is built for a grindy control-value shell that slowly squeezes the table while turning defensive bodies into unexpected finishers. Extort rewards you for simply playing Magic, so a deck full of cheap spells, token makers, and recursion can chip away at opponents while padding your life total. The attack trigger is the real twist: paying 2 life lets your high-toughness creatures hit based on toughness, making walls, utility creatures, and “defenders that matter” suddenly lethal. That means this card pairs especially well with cards that have huge toughness but modest power, such as backbone blockers or creatures with vigilant, attrition-focused text. In lore terms, the title suggests a crime boss who profits from every move and turns the battlefield into a protection racket. In gameplay, protect The Kingpin of Crime with removal and lifegain support, then use him to convert a stable board into a punishing swing.
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Character Background
The Kingpin of Crime is built for a grindy control-value shell that slowly squeezes the table while turning defensive bodies into unexpected finishers. Extort rewards you for simply playing Magic, so a deck full of cheap spells, token makers, and recursion can chip away at opponents while padding your life total. The attack trigger is the real twist: paying 2 life lets your high-toughness creatures hit based on toughness, making walls, utility creatures, and “defenders that matter” suddenly lethal. That means this card pairs especially well with cards that have huge toughness but modest power, such as backbone blockers or creatures with vigilant, attrition-focused text. In lore terms, the title suggests a crime boss who profits from every move and turns the battlefield into a protection racket. In gameplay, protect The Kingpin of Crime with removal and lifegain support, then use him to convert a stable board into a punishing swing.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-09-09 22:20:44 UTC