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One of Avatar's most adorable Magic cards proves to be a nasty small contender.
Magic: The Gathering’s collaboration with Avatar will not hit the general market until later this week, yet due to prerelease weekends recently, a low-cost green spell has already exploded in price.
From the initial reveals, this small creature drew widespread focus. A 2/2 requiring G and 1 mana, it includes the Earthbend 1 ability (possibly the most effective among the set’s four “bending” mechanics). The major perk in its design comes from an additional effect: Each time you tap a creature for mana, add an additional green mana.
At its cheapest, Badgermole Cub sold at around $27. Following the early events, yet, the market price has shot up to $49.66 including listings priced at sixty dollars. Why are we seeing Vivi prices for this cute lil guy? Mostly due to the incredible mana acceleration it enables.
When it arrives the board, the cub transforms a terrain card so it becomes a creature granting it earthbend. Alongside its mana-doubling effect, as long as it stays in play, those lands produces twice the mana — in addition to other creatures you have that produce resources.
A clear choice for synergy includes Llanowar Elves, a low-cost creature that taps to generate G mana. Yet many alternative mana dorks out there. Druid of the Cowl is a more expensive alternative with stats 1/3 for two mana as an alternative.
Using land cards, creatures that tap for mana, alongside this card, it's simple to summon a very big pricey creature into play within a few turns. The situation escalates out of control if you keep the pressure on from there.
If you dip into a secondary color with this approach, cards like versatile mana producers work perfectly that can make any color of mana. Additionally, a useful enchantment creature lets you play an additional land per turn plus turns your entire land base so they count as all basics. You can also consider something like a card called A Realm Reborn, at a six-mana investment gives all of your permanents the power to produce one mana of any color — including any creature you have on the board.
This card may be OP in terms of boosting mana production, however how do you win in such a strategy? A common and powerful choice has been Ashaya. Its power and toughness match your land count, and it changes your non-token creatures to be Forests as well as other subtypes. This means, every single creature in play is able to generate two green mana if used for mana.
This additional option provides a high-cost, powerful body that benefits from many terrain cards (as with the previous card, its power and toughness match your land total).
This Planeswalker fits really well in this deck. Her passive ability causes Forest lands generate an additional green mana. (If you have the cub, so each one generate three green mana.) Her plus ability acts as an early earthbend, placing counters on a land, a useful effect but does not overlap with earthbend. Her -8 ability, however, grants your entire land base indestructible and lets you put onto the battlefield every Forest left in the deck. Should you manage to use the ultimate, it almost certainly game over.
The cub is a must-have for any kind of decks using green and Avatar built around earthbend. If you dip into Gruul colors, you can use Bumi Unleashed. He has level 4 earthbending, plus if damage is dealt to an opponent, each animated land become untapped and can attack again. While that version has become a beloved leader, this small creature is definitely going to remain among the top, possibly the popular pick in the collaboration.
Ashley Carter
Elara is a seasoned writer and digital nomad who shares her adventures and expertise in lifestyle and technology.
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