Momo, Playful Pet
TLA · uncommon · Released 2025-11-21
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
on rate
minor value alone
fits anywhere
fixed effect
multiple modes
broadly useful
comes back
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No active conflicts.
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Rationale
A 1W 1/1 flying vigilance legendary with a modal leave-the-battlefield trigger (Food token, +1/+1 counter, or Scry 2). The LTB trigger is best exploited in blink/sacrifice shells that repeatedly bounce or kill the creature; in raw play it fires once and provides modest value. Generic enough to slot into any white shell at low brackets, but not powerful enough to be a defining card in tuned lists.
Learnings (3)
Momo's trigger fires on leaving the battlefield by ANY means — bounce, exile, sacrifice, or destruction — making it more reliable than a typical death trigger in blink/flicker shells that don't need the creature to die.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
As a legendary 1/1 flyer for {W} with a relevant LTB, Momo is an above-rate blink target in mono-white Brawl where recurring the trigger via flicker effects (Teleportation Circle, etc.) can generate meaningful incremental value.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
The modal LTB lets you adapt to the board state: Food for life-based needs, counter for a pump payoff, or Scry 2 for card selection — but each mode is individually modest, so the card is value-support rather than a win condition.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #9,434