If you were looking to transfer that power and toughness into something a bit more useful in a world that may include blockers, however, then Selvala, Heart of the Wilds has it covered. In a Ghalta, Primal Hunger deck, for instance, Gigantosaurus 's ten power immediately discounts Ghalta to a mere two mana, for double the gigantic Dinosaur fun! After all, I don't think there's a better Timmy/Tammy deal in Magic than seven mana for a total of 17 power and toughness. As is tradition, all results are ordered by EDHREC score. As such, we're gonna have to get a little bit more specific to really drill down on what we mean when we say 'Vanilla'.Ĭriteria: Cards without text of any kind other than flavor text in their main text box (or any iterations thereof, Embereth Shieldbreaker ), in any printing of said card. In short, for me at least, Dryad Arbor is much too complex to be a true vanilla card. Then after that, there's the original Future Sight version, which clunkily had to state that it was actually a green card. Sure, the From the Vault version looks pretty darn clean, but even that has quite a bit of hidden text lurking in Gatherer, the least of which is the actual 'add a green to your mana pool' that comes standard on every Forest. I don't know about you, but this card was far from my mind when I thought of the best vanilla cards in Commander. Well, may I present our number one card under that criteria, Dryad Arbor ! In this specific case, you would think the concept of a 'vanilla' card would be simple: a card without rules text. Top 10 Vanilla Creatures That Aren't Bears (With Thanks to Ayula)Īs always, we'll begin our top ten list by going over the criteria for cards to qualify for it. There are a total of 23 bears in the game of Magic: The Gathering, and a full quarter of them are in my top ten list. Runeclaw Bear then comes in at number four, with the granddaddy of them all taking the number three slot in the form of Grizzly Bears. Six gets filled in by Alpine Grizzly, then I kick Embereth Shieldbreaker out of the running to give my number five slot to Balduvian Bears.

Here I am, preparing for a top ten list on vanilla creatures in Commander according to their popularity on EDHREC, and what do I meander over and see all over said top ten? She's a gift to the Commander community at large, and I hope to see more Bears printed for her soon and forever.Īll that said, she has made my job very difficult this week. We are all very happy to not only finally have a Bear commander, but one that is an appropriately costed two-mana 2/2 that is still able to make up for much of the Bear tribe not doing anything at all.

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