Pierce Strider

About Pierce Strider

Pierce Strider, Artifact creature — phyrexian construct, designed by Igor Kieryluk first released in Jun, 2002 in the set Magic Online Promos and was printed exactly in 4 different ways.

This card, Pierce Strider, would be beneficial in a deck focused on draining the opponent's life total quickly, such as a Black/Red aggro or midrange deck. While it provides a direct life loss to the opponent upon entering the battlefield, there are potentially better options like Gray Merchant of Asphodel which has a similar effect but with a higher life loss and potential for recursion. Whether Pierce Strider should see play would depend on the specific strategy and synergy of the deck it's being considered for.