Goblin Cruciverbalist

two generic mana one red mana Creature — Goblin Wizard GuestPower and toughness1/4

Haste

When this creature enters, create a colorless artifact token named your choice of A, E, I, O, or U.

Whenever this creature attacks, using the first letters of the names of permanents you control, spell a word you haven't spelled this game. It gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each letter in that word.

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Goblin Cruciverbalist rulings

2022-10-07
The token will have one of five names: A, E, I, O, or U. It won’t be named “your choice of A, E, I, O, or U.”
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The token doesn’t have any abilities and doesn’t usually do much except give you a vowel to work with when spelling words.
2022-10-07
When determining the first letter of a name, ignore all spaces and punctuation, including blank lines.
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Each time you spell a word, you can use the first letter of each permanent you control only once in that word. For example, if you control three permanents starting with A, B, and N, you can spell out the words “Ban” or “Nab,” but you can’t spell out “Banana” unless you gain control of two more A’s and another N.
2022-10-07
“Haven’t spelled this game” means for any game reason, including previous Goblin Cruciverbalists you controlled but not including words you just spelled for fun, like . . . um, people do. Keep track of the words you spell if you expect remembering them to be challenging.
2022-10-07
You may consult a dictionary if not all players agree that you have chosen a cromulent word.

Goblin Cruciverbalist keyword rules

Haste Rule 702.10

Haste is a static ability.

If a creature has haste, it can attack even if it hasn’t been controlled by its controller continuously since their most recent turn began. (See rule .)

If a creature has haste, its controller can activate its activated abilities whose cost includes the tap symbol or the untap symbol even if that creature hasn’t been controlled by that player continuously since their most recent turn began. (See rule .)

Multiple instances of haste on the same creature are redundant.