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Legendary Creature - Goblin Warlock
Ward - Blight 2
Whenever one or more -1/-1 counters are put on a creature, draw a card if you control that creature. If you don’t control it, its controller loses 1 life
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🦀🦀 JUND -1/-1 COUNTERS COMMANDER 🦀🦀


I may be wrong about this, but I believe the ward cost becomes part of the the casting cost of the spell, and if you don’t have any creatures, you aren’t able to cast the spell.
Ah thanks, that makes these alternative ward costs pretty strong