Coiling Stalker
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Snake Ninja
Oracle Text:
Ninjutsu {1}{G} ({1}{G}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control that doesn't have a +1/+1 counter on it.
Power/Toughness: 2/1
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
Price ( USD): $0.11
USD: $0.11 · EUR: €0.05
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Character Background
Coiling Stalker is a small, stealthy tempo piece that rewards aggressive, evasive play: ninjutsu lets you flip a surprise 2/1 attacker into combat for {1}{G}, and when it connects you permanently upgrade another creature by putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature that doesn’t already have one. That design pushes a tempo/value hybrid game plan — pressure early with cheap unblockable attackers and use Stalker to both sneak through damage and convert that damage into board development. Build it into a green aggro or tempo shell with cheap evasive bodies and counter synergies: Hardened Scales turns each trigger into more growth, Rishkar-style payoff cards or creatures with "evolve" (Experiment One, Pelt Collector) capitalize on incremental size bumps, and creatures that benefit from being transformed into mana sources or threats are ideal targets. Deck construction tip: include lots of one-drops and ways to force unblocked attacks (combat tricks or evasion) and avoid clustering counters on one piece, since Stalker can only target creatures without a +1/+1 counter.
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