Contract Hero

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Name	Contract Hero
Type	Creature — human mercenary hero
Description	When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. If you do, this creature gets +2/+0 uSee more
Flavor	"Paladin always gets his man."
Artist	Björn Barends
Set	Marvel Super Heroes Commander #683
Wallpaper	download
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About Contract Hero

Contract Hero, Creature — human mercenary hero, designed by Björn Barends first released in Jun, 2026 in the set Marvel Super Heroes Commander.

**Contract Hero** (2R) fits best in aggressive red decks that leverage artifacts or discard for value—such as Rakdos Sacrifice, artifact-aggro, or midrange decks that like disposable resources (Treasure, Blood, Clues, or recursive cards like *Bloodghast*). The Treasure on entry helps ramp or fix mana, while the attack trigger rewards decks that already want to sacrifice artifacts (e.g., *Experimental Synthesizer*, Treasures) or discard cards with upside (Madness, reanimation, flashback). However, compared to stronger three-drops like *Fable of the Mirror-Breaker* (which creates a Treasure, filters cards, and becomes a powerful engine) or *Professional Face-Breaker* (which generates repeatable Treasures on combat damage without extra cost), Contract Hero is underpowered and requires additional resources to shine. In most competitive formats it would likely not see play unless in a synergy-heavy artifact-sacrifice shell, as its base stats and conditional pump are modest for three mana.