My personal favorite thing about this card is
that you can cast it turn one, then turn two you
can level it once with your two lands, and tap
it for two mana, essentially getting it to Phase
Two for free. Then on turn three you have five
mana. It's a bit tricky in decks that aren't
monogreen, since on that critical turn two you
may have wanted to play a nongreen spell, which
precludes you from leveling "for free". But of
course, its Ultimate Phase grants the tap
ability to all Elves you control, so it's
clearly intended for a monogreen Elf deck. I
want to compare it to Llanowar Elves, who can
provide acceleration faster, but less of it. But
of course, you're really intended to play them
both, so that when the Treespeaker levels up
completely it also supercharges the Llanowars.
Joraga Treespeaker requires an investment of
mana over several turns, to make a ridiculous
amount of mana later. The great thing about this
Druid is that green has an abundance of both
ways to make mana to invest, and things to spend
the ridiculous amount on later. A great addition
to any deck with lots of Wurms or a deck with
lots of Elves - just watch out for Infest!
Magic The Gathering Card of The Day: Joraga
Treespeaker
Welcome back readers today's card of the day
is Joraga Treespeaker an interesting elf that
can power insane amount of mana and proves
levelers can be wonderful. In standard this card
can pump out insane amounts of green mana but
requires a heavy creature commitment possibly
tokens or green eldrazi monument deck. In
extended and eternal I don't see this card
seeing a a lot of play, Priest of Titania exists
in eternal and this may be too slow for
extended. In casual and multiplayer this is a
godsend for elf decks, an early game drop that
can tap itself to level up will provide an army
of mana producing elves in not time. In limited
its good if you draft heavy elves but is hard to
pull. Overall mostly a card for casual elf decks
and green decks that want or need to generate
insane amounts of mana.
Today's card of the day is Joraga Treespeaker
which can be played as a
1/1 on level one, leveled up on turn two, then
can tap to recover the two mana spent, and
finally level itself it up on each following
turn causing. Overall you can't fault what is
basically a free level up especially one that
provides extra mana on the third turn, or
eventually two mana for every elf you control.
Elf decks will be playing this card for a long
time with very good reason.
In Limited good mana acceleration can be hard
to find, so this card fits that demand very
well. This should be drafted quite early once
you know you are going green and any elves
available should be considered slightly higher
value to your deck. In Booster this is an easy
inclusion in any deck with some Green mana as
this can help pay for those or the expensive
colorless spells in the format.
