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One of Avatar's most charming MTG cards proves to be a powerful small powerhouse.
MTG’s special Avatar expansion isn't set to get a wider release until later this week, but after pre-releases recently, an affordable green creature has already exploded in market worth.
From the initial reveals, this small creature attracted significant interest. A creature with stats 2/2 that costs G and 1 mana, Badgermole Cub includes Earthbending 1 (arguably the best of the elemental mechanics available). The real boon with this card is an additional effect: If mana is generated by tapping a creature, it provides bonus green mana.
When first listed, Badgermole Cub was available for $26.98. Following the early events, however, its value escalated to nearly $50 and one seller offering as high as $60. The reason for such high costs for this little creature? Mainly due to the explosive mana ramping it can produce.
Upon entering play, the cub transforms one land to a creature land with earthbend. Combined with its other power, while it remains on the board, those lands yields two mana instead of one — plus other creatures you have that produce resources.
A clear choice to combine with includes Llanowar Elves, a cheap 1/1 that taps to generate a green resource. Yet many other mana generation creatures out there. Druid of the Cowl costs a bit more a 1/3 creature for two mana in comparison.
By playing lands, mana-producing creatures, plus the cub, it's simple to summon a very big high-cost monster into play within a few turns. And things just keep spiraling out of control if you keep the pressure on after that.
By incorporating another color in this strategy, options such as Fuel Tank Feaster, Ilysian Caryatid, and Paradise Druid work perfectly that generate all five colors. Another card, Dryad of the Ilysian Grove enables playing an additional land per turn as well as makes all of your lands into every basic land type. You can also consider such as the enchantment A Realm Reborn, at a six-mana investment gives each permanent you control the capacity to tap and generate any color mana — which covers all creatures in play.
The cub may be OP regarding boosting mana production, but how do you win with this archetype? One obvious and popular answer already is this legendary creature. Power and toughness match your land count, and it makes all of your nontoken creatures Forests along with their other types. In other words, all your creatures on your board can generate two green mana when tapped.
Harmonious Grovestrider is a costly, large threat that thrives with many terrain cards (similar to Ashaya, P/T are based on how many lands you have).
This Planeswalker fits really well as a staple. One of her abilities makes Forest lands generate an additional green mana. (With a Badgermole Cub, this results in those lands yield three G.) One loyalty ability is essentially an early earthbend, putting +1/+1 counters to a noncreature land, a useful effect but it isn't redundant with the cub's ability. Her -8 ability, however, makes your entire land base indestructible and lets you draw out your remaining Forests from your library. Should you manage to use the ultimate, it’s pretty much you win.
Badgermole Cub is pretty much essential for any kind of green-based Avatar strategies built around earthbend. If you dip into red and green, consider Bumi. This card features level 4 earthbending, and if it hits a player in combat, land creatures untap for another attack. Even though Bumi has become a fan favorite Commander, the cub is definitely going to remain one of the most, maybe the desired card in the Avatar set.
Brian Hernandez
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