Bebop & Rocksteady

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Bebop & Rocksteady is a 3cmc 7/5 hybrid Golgari threat that forces a sacrifice-or-discard trigger on each attack or block. The enormous stat line for 3 mana is its defining appeal, but the recurring cost is a real constraint — it rewards shells that already want to sacrifice permanents (aristocrats, graveyard-matters) or discard cards (reanimator, wheels). It's a liability in control or voltron strategies where neither cost is easily absorbed.

• The sacrifice-or-discard trigger fires on BLOCK as well as attack, meaning opponents can force the cost by simply attacking into it repeatedly — a significant pressure in 1v1 Brawl.

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• At 3 mana for a 7/5, it is one of the most stat-efficient creatures in the format, but the trigger means it cannot efficiently attack every turn without a reliable sacrifice or discard engine to feed it.

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• Because the cost is a non-'unless' — it is 'sacrifice unless you discard' — both halves can be managed in decks that generate fodder (tokens, self-mill creatures) or want to discard (dredge, reanimator), making the choice genuinely flexible rather than purely punishing.

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• EDHREC rank: #15,892