Etb Damage

Creatures with enter-the-battlefield triggers that deal damage to opponents or drain life totals, turning each blink or recast into another chunk of damage. Gray Merchant of Asphodel scales drain by devotion to black, while Siege Rhino hits each opponent for three on arrival. Pair with flicker.flicker_spell or flicker.flicker_permanent to fire the drain repeatedly. Distinct from flicker.etb_removal, whose ETB destroys or exiles a creature rather than burning life totals, and from flicker.etb_value, whose trigger generates cards or mana instead of damage.