Deathless Knight

Haste in Black Creatures

New • 12 Apr 2024 • Asked by crusadingeggplant • 35 Comments

hi Mark,I wanted to ask about Haste in Black. It just kinda hit me that for a while we had a few hasty creatures in mono-black.

Notably ELD had Rankle, Clackbridge Troll and Deathless Knight (green-black but can be played in mono-black). There's also Banehound in WAR and Vengeful Reaper in Kaldheim (which I probably played in standard more than it should be played tbh).

Was this an intentional experiment? A quirk of design that 'just happened' because its a tool that is always there and happened to be used more than usual? If it was an experiment, it seems like the verdict was 'no haste in black creatures', but I'd be interested in hearing more about it!

Haste is, and has been for a while, secondary in black. It’s used less than green these days which is also secondary in haste.
Banehound Black Clackbridge Troll Creatures Deathless Knight Green Haste Kaldheim Knight Secondary Standard Throne of Eldraine Troll Vengeful Reaper

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