Dockside Extortionist Dockside Extortionist is arguably another of those Magic card designs folks deem a mistake. Its generous ETB effect creates a Treasure for each artifact and enchantment your opponents control, and its low casting cost means that its easy to bounce and recast over and over
The city is a living organism, with its own interactions and its own will and its own want to benefit people, grow and become perfect
The text is Deal 1 damage to chosen character
Giving cards some character Magic took its first forays into resonant design with Arabian Nights and its introduction of singular characters like Aladdin and Sindbad, but Legends made the giant leap forward of having specific, legendary, and Magic-specific characters (oh, and also multicolored cards)
If you're casting an adventurer card or split card with escape, you choose how you wish to cast it, then pay the appropriate cost (for the Adventure, the creature, or the half of the split card you chose) plus exiling three cards