Hero card

Sample Collector

Creature – Troll Detective

PayoffThe more of what it needs is on the battlefield, the stronger it gets: the deck has to feed it a lot

Needs: Valiant

Gives: Counter +1/+1, Clues, Attack Triggers

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

Build a deck with Sample Collector as the hero

Benefits from it

Case of the Trampled Garden · Armasaur Guide · The Last Ronin · Ornery Tumblewagg · Three Tree Scribe · Long Feng, Grand Secretariat · Strength of Will · Quilled Greatwurm

Use instead if you don't have it

Omnivorous Flytrap · Michelangelo, Game Master · Elvish Refueler · Shrewd Storyteller · Cryptid Inspector · Long Feng, Grand Secretariat

Cards in the meta that answer it

Countersculpt (Azorius Control) · Get Lost (Azorius Control) · Jeskai Revelation (4-Color Control) · Inevitable Defeat (4-Color Control)