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Ankle Biter
Creature — Snake
Deathtouch
legendofa on Is this the end of …
9 months ago
Apologies for the clickbaity title, but this is a milestone in creature complexity. Right now, there's exactly one vanilla creature in Standard, and it's the very unorthodox Yargle and Multani. When March of the Machines rotates out next year, unless something unusual happens, that will be the first ever Standard season with no vanilla creatures.
Nobody really gets excited for another 2/2 for 2 mana or 3/6 for 4 or whatever, and French vanilla creatures still have lots of room for flavor text. Ankle Biter, Bolrac-Clan Basher, and Timberland Ancient show this pretty well.
https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/679207540942356480/there-havent-been-any-vanilla-creatures-printed#notes
But vanilla creatures apparently aren't a fully essential part of the game, and complexity creep is absolutely a real thing. Bloomburrow doesn't appear to have any, and I'm skeptical for Duskmourn having any. If nothing else, this is going to drive Jasmine Boreal of the Seven and Ruxa, Patient Professor into near stasis. They won't be getting any new tools besides maybe token generators, and there are better support options for token strategies.
Is it worth keeping vanilla creatures around? Do they serve any role in the game anymore, or should French vanilla be the baseline going forward?
Formless0209 on
FYNN-ISH HIM!!!
11 months ago
I know this is super late but... would any cards from newer sets be worth putting into this deck? Like Ankle Biter?
Formless0209 on
Fynn, the Fangbearer
11 months ago
Kinda late but considering buying this... would Ankle Biter be worth putting in? What about other cards from newer sets?
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