Longshot, Rebel Bowman

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Longshot is a 4cmc 3/3 reach legendary that reduces noncreature spell costs by {1} and deals 2 damage to each opponent per noncreature spell cast — a combined cost-reducer and burn payoff engine. Signature in red spellslinger and burn shells where it accelerates storm-like sequences and turns each spell into a Lightning Strike to the table; tier-1 in Brawl (1v1 means 25 life and the drain hits harder), tier-2 in multiplayer Commander where 2 damage per spell across 40-life opponents is valuable but not dominant without a critical mass of cheap instants/sorceries.

• Longshot's cost reduction applies to ALL noncreature spells — artifacts, enchantments, planeswalkers, and instants/sorceries — not just instants/sorceries, making it significantly wider than a typical spellslinger payoff.

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• In Brawl, Longshot as commander turns every cheap instant or sorcery into a free or near-free burn event; a hand of three 1-mana spells becomes a turn-5 sequence that deals 6 damage to the opponent for effectively zero additional mana investment.

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• The 2 damage triggers on EACH opponent in Commander, so in a 4-player game each noncreature spell is a 6-damage salvo to the table — dramatically stronger than it reads in 1v1 contexts.

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• EDHREC rank: #3,619