Card Showcase: Bug in a Jar

Artifact
227/275 Rare

When Bug in a Jar leaves the battlefield, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

“Sorry, Ogi! Garp Garp not changing you back until you ready to calm down and listen!”

I originally designed this as the joke Rare of the set, but there’s a little voice in the back of my head that tells me a 0-mana artifact will always find a way to be exploited. There aren’t a lot of obvious synergies among other Unwell Kingdom cards, though I hope it will scratch that treasure-hunting itch in any players willing to go out of their way for it.

In our campaign, Ogi was a friendly NPC who was tricked into fighting our heroes. They didn’t want to hurt him but also didn’t have time to properly explain the situation. Garp Garp ended up casting Polymorph, turning Ogi into a harmless bug and keeping him in a jar until the excitement died down.