Arabella, Abandoned Doll DSK 0208 · uncommon

Take it when

Create several small creatures, force awkward blocks with attack rewards, and use Arabella's drain plus a hasty Gremlin turn to close a race.

What to take next

Build small bodies before attacking with Arabella, then count creatures with power two or less as her trigger resolves. Midnight Mayhem supplies three such bodies and a lifelink attack when cast before combat.

Wrong pick

Increasing a creature above two power before Arabella's trigger resolves lowers her count. Defaced Gallery's pump is useful, but stack simultaneous attack triggers to resolve Arabella before the power increase when needed.

Mana & splash

Keep the colored sources needed for early spells. A synergy payoff does not automatically justify a splash.

Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.

Clockwork PercussionistThe hasty artifact creature can attack or be sacrificed, and its death exiles a card playable until your next end step. You still pay that card's costs and obey land-play limits and timing.

Unsettling TwinsOne creature spell supplies two bodies by manifesting dread. Keep track of which face-down card is yours to turn up; noncreature cards cannot use the normal creature-mana-cost turn-up action.

Razorkin HordecallerHaste supplies immediate pressure and each of your attacks creates a Gremlin. The new token was not declared as an attacker and has no haste from this card, so it does not join that attack.

One-pick Draft

On attack it counts your creatures with power two or less for damage and life gain. Tokens help, but pumping them above two before the trigger resolves can reduce the drain.

Sealed vs Draft

On attack it counts your creatures with power two or less for damage and life gain. Tokens help, but pumping them above two before the trigger resolves can reduce the drain.

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 27 packs (3.70%) · 36.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a collector-sample · Modeled · About 1 in 100 packs (1.00%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →