Hero card

Reputable Merchant

Creature – Human Citizen

Value on arrivalDoes its thing as it enters: worth it from the first moment

Needs: Valiant, Big Mana

Gives: Counter +1/+1, ETB

Not in winning lists yet: read from the card text and the graph

Build a deck with Reputable Merchant as the hero

Makes it work

Torgal, A Fine Hound

Benefits from it

Good-Fortune Unicorn · Sharp-Eyed Rookie · Hulkling, Burgeoning Bruiser · Railway Brawler · Alessos and Pras, Acrobats · Spider-Man India · Mighty Mutanimals · Three Tree Scribe

Use instead if you don't have it

Vinelasher Adept · Loxodon Battle Priest · Heroes' Bane · Weftblade Enhancer · Caradora, Heart of Alacria · Luxknight Breacher

Cards in the meta that answer it

Burst Lightning (Izzet Elemental) · Countersculpt (Azorius Control) · Get Lost (Azorius Control) · Jeskai Revelation (4-Color Control)