Orcish Lumberjack

Creature — Orc

{T}, Sacrifice a Forest: Add three mana in any combination of {R} and/or {G} to your mana pool.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

RockIV on Rocks Dragon Deck

22 hours ago

thnks everyone that post a comment! , i love all the advices, different points of veiw make decks more interestings!, all advices are always welcome.

DreadKhan thnks for all the advices, love your combo with the orcs and the land destroyers, i dont know if i will use it, i would have to change too many cards, but i found Orcish Lumberjack a very interesting card. i was thinking in adding Urban Utopia. i have to think about Treetop Village, i normally feel that playing a land that enter the battlefield tapped may slow me alot, but i can be wrong!

DreadKhan on Rocks Dragon Deck

23 hours ago

I'm not sure if it's too 'non-Dragon', but I've had good results fiddling with Orcish Lumberjack, especially in a deck with Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Lumberjack and Acid-Moss gives you access to a true Sinkhole effect (you can even play it on turn 2), and it can technically find a non-Basic Forest fwiw. Technically you only need to tap the Forest and sac it to Lumberjack to play an Acid-Moss, but Lumberjack can also give you a turn 2 Dragon that costs 5 mana, does your meta feature a lot of cheap kill spells? If not I wonder if that'd be worth your while? I don't know for sure if Atarka had Orcish servants, but Orcs live on that plane, so the lumberjack has a tangential connection.

Also, since it's gone down a ton in price, what about Utopia Sprawl? It makes your Forests better, and you can't cast it without a Forest I understand?

Since you're actually in Gruul, I would just run Mountain Valley over Evolving Wilds, this can find a Dual, or if you're desperate it can still dig out a Basic (that you can use the same turn Evolving Wilds would allow you), the only issue is if decks play cards that blow up non-Basics in your meta (most don't).

It's not entirely budget, but Up the Beanstalk is a very strong card if you actually plan to cast those big Dragons, and it replaces itself.

I'm not sure what your meta is like, but if people run Stax stuff that can ruin your day, you can include Dire-Strain Rampage, this sorcery offers you a Harrow effect if you wish, but it can Naturalize something, or Ghost Quarter someone's important land in a pinch. The best part is that it has Flashback. It's not the fastest effect, but I feel like it's certainly good enough for sideboard (especially on a budget), and since it can also just ramp you it might be fine mainboard, ymmv.

It's an ETB tapped land, but Treetop Village is a reasonable attacker if you end up desperate, with your curve it seems plausible that you'd be able to play an ETB tapped land, maybe x2?

Theasus7 on Borborygmos Enraged

2 months ago

This is a sweet deck! You have a pretty cool and unique commander. I was thinking of some cards that might pair well with him.

Here are my suggestions: Perennial Behemoth, Pair o' Dice Lost, Abundance, Boseiju Reaches Skyward  ^Flip, Goblin Anarchomancer, Greenseeker, Groundskeeper, Harrow, Keen Sense, Nissa's Pilgrimage, Orcish Lumberjack, Ruination Rioter, Snake Umbra, You Happen on a Glade.

There isn't a need to upgrade the deck if you are having fun with it though!

Have a good one! :)

Azoth2099 on Land's Wrath

3 months ago

Hey friend, consider the following:

Scapeshift, Awaken the Woods, Crop Rotation, Farseek, Three Visits, Nature's Lore, Staff of Titania, Knight of the Reliquary, Hardened Scales, Orcish Lumberjack, Elvish Spirit Guide, Simian Spirit Guide, Tectonic Reformation, Abundance, Burgeoning, Manabond & Rites of Spring.

Sorry for the long list, but they're all pretty good here.

DreadKhan on Brian Stacks' Plow Under (1v1)

1 year ago

I have a deck that was doing something a bit similar, it was Gruul mostly so it could use Orcish Lumberjack. That card/deck got a lot of mileage out of Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, this can help you hit Plow Under mana while further denying your opponent a key land. If you use any dual lands that have Basic land types then Acid-Moss can find them, it specifies Forest. Another card that might be funny is Argothian Wurm, it is on the Reserved List but isn't too pricey, it's great if a deck can hate on lands enough.

Epicurus on How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

1 year ago

I neglected to mention any land destruction suggestions, but if speed is essential I'll limit my choices to low-cost spells:

Raze

Tremble

Crack the Earth

Impending Disaster

Also, Orcish Lumberjack may or may not be helpful. You don't have many Forests. I think it would be worth playtesting, at least.

And Elvish Reclaimer is repeatable land sac that replenishes while at it.

Okay, I'm done now.

Stardragon on Card creation challenge

1 year ago

Deforestation {3}{R}{R}

Scorcery

Destroy all forests on the battlefield gain {X} for each forest destroyed if X is 8 or more add two mana of any color combination for each forest destroyed

Bringing back old land hoses like Acid Rain or Boil. Plus took some inspiration from Orcish Lumberjack (which I'm sad he's not in plaid)

Create a legendary a card based off the last villain you watched or beaten

Squee_Spirit_Guide on Pre-Y2K Panic Button

1 year ago

Thanks for the comment and the upvote DreadKhan! Orcish Lumberjack is a great suggestion. I actually had it in the original {G}{R} version. I loved how quickly you could ramp with it and Tinder Wall.

Weirdly, I mostly used it to cast Jokulhaups, but you're absolutely right that it has the ability to help get Lhurgoyf out in a hurry after wiping the board. Needing it to be in play for a turn before I cast Jokulhaups is a little scary because people will know I'm up to something, but I'm definitely going to test it out again and see how it fits in this version. I think the mana base will support it since I don't typically have trouble getting the {R}{R} for Jokulhaups.

Thanks for your thoughts! I appreciate it!