Why are you tapping creatures to give this
+1/+1? Wouldn't you deal more damage if you just
attacked with the other creatures instead of
tapping them? Well, maybe not. Maybe your other
creatures are Eldrazi Spawn or Wall of Omens,
and thus have zero power or can't attack anyway.
Maybe your other creatures have Exalted, and
it's in your best interest not to swing with
them too. Maybe your other creatures have
vigilance, and you actually are swinging with
them too. Whatever the reason, I do like the
fact that you can drop it turn two, and then
drop Boar Umbra on it turn three and have a 4/4
trample, even if the card itself is a little
weak without Auras, Equipment, pump spells, or
lots of extraneous creatures to make its trample
relevant.
Spare a thought for the hardworking Walls and
spawn tokens from Rise of the Eldrazi. Their
duties keep expanding, from blocking to drawing
cards to producing mana to helping out on
offense. As someone who mainly plays
highlander/singleton style formats, I also
noticed the similarity to Topan Ascetic - the
only thing better than a card that does
something is two cards that do it!
Today's card of the day is Bramblesnap which is
a two mana 1/1 with Trample that can get +1/+1
for every untapped creature you tap. In
many situations this is going to be dramatically
better than Topan Ascetic with the lower cost
and built in Trample making it a solid offense
for Exalted or Eldrazi Spawn decks. The
deep reliance on having several creatures in
play holds it back, but in the right build it is
a viable and affordable threat in any stage of
the game.
For Limited the abundance of Eldrazi Spawn and
very cheap cost put this fairly high on the list
of useful creatures to draft. Any deck
with Green mana and some tokens should run this,
but any pump effects work well to reduce the
dependence on cards in play.
Welcome back readers today's card of the day is
an interesting creature from Rise of The Eldrazi
Bramblesnap a creature that encourages over
extension if I ever saw one. In standard Eldrazi
spawn tokens aside you are more than likely
never going to have enough creatures to make
this card worth it you need at least two other
creatures to turn this guy into a 3/3 trampler
not worth the investment. Possibly in a token
build that features Rafiq of The Many or other
Exalted dudes. In extended and eternal I doubt
it as it requires to many creatures to be
feasible. In casual and multiplayer this card is
great combine with Saproling's and Awakening to
tap all your dudes and then untap and be ready
to repeat as necessary to win. In limited wars
are won with creatures for the most part and if
you get enough Eldrazi spawn this card could be
powerful it pick it moderately if your in green.
