Bounty Agent

White and Legendary Support

Which color cares most about legendary? I'd say white, which already does quite interesting things with it (Thalia's Lancers, Acclaimed Contender, The Circle of Loyality, Bounty Agent,...). Can we hope for more of "legendary matters" support in the future?

White could get “legendary matters”.

Acclaimed Contender Bounty Agent Colors Keyword Actions Thalia's Lancers White

Bounty Agent Design

Why doesn't Bounty Agent just say "Destroy target legendary nonland permanent"? Did I miss something?

Yes, we didn’t want it killing planeswalkers.

Bounty Agent Destroy Planeswalkers

Target Destruction Criteria

A number of cards recently (Vraska, relic seeker, status/statue, bounty agent) have "destroy target artifact, creature or enchantment" as opposed to the cleaner "destroy target nonland permanent". Is there a reason for this? i ask because one of the design principles you tend to stress is to keep things simpler/easier to understand and to avoid wordiness on cards (the text on bounty agent is a mouthful)

I assume the reason is so they can’t destroy planeswalkers.

Artifacts Bounty Agent Creatures Destroy Enchantments Planeswalkers Vraska, Relic Seeker

Bounty Agent Color Pie

I feel like Bounty Agent is out of color pie for white. It's ability to tap and sac to kill a creature feels like a black assassin sort of thing. Legendary doesn't feel like enough of a justification for white, esspecially at that rate. Maybe should have waited and made it an Orzhov card.

It’s not outside of White’s color pie to kill creatures although usually there is some restriction.

Assassin Black Bounty Agent Color Pie Colors Creatures Orzhov (W/B) Tap / Untap White

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