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Barbed Servitor - 3B
Artifact Creature - Construct (Rare)
Indestructible
When Barbed Servitor enters the battlefield, suspect it. (It has menace and can't block.)
Whenever Barbed Servitor deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Whenever Barbed Servitor is dealt damage, target opponent loses that much life.
1/1
Brash taunter eat your heart out
How do you feel about "target opponent loses that much life" vs "it deals that much damage to target opponent"?
That being said, it's still 1 mana cheaper, and while it doesn't have the fight ability, it still kinda pushes your opponents to block because of the triggered ability.
I think losing life is generally better, as there are more damage prevention cards than ones that avoid life loss (most of which also stop damage)