Ogre-Head Helm

Ogre-Head Helm

Mana Cost: {1}{R}

Type: Artifact Creature — Equipment Ogre

Oracle Text:
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Whenever this creature or equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, discard your hand, then draw three cards.
Reconfigure {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Power/Toughness: 2/2

Rarity: rare

Prints: View all prints (1) →

Expansion: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty

Price ( USD): $0.19

USD: $0.19 · EUR: €0.26

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Character Background

Ogre-Head Helm is a clever red piece that doubles as an early attacker and a built‑in card‑selection engine: as a 2/2 artifact creature it can chip in damage and, later, be Reconfigured onto a bigger attacker to become a +2/+2 equipment. Its best fit is tempo/value or aggressive midrange strategies that want to convert a successful attack into fresh resources — deal damage, optionally sacrifice the helm, discard a stale hand and draw three new cards to find gas or answers. Build it into Rakdos or Grixis lists that already care about burying cards in the graveyard: the discard outlet pairs nicely with Arclight Phoenix-style recursion or madness cards, and it rewards putting evasive or double‑strike threats in front of it so the trigger actually hits a player. Deck tip: use it as an early 2/2 to pressure, then reconfigure onto a threat late; include cheap evasive creatures and graveyard synergies to maximize the sacrifice payoff.

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