Marshaling the Troops

Sorcery

Tap any number of untapped creatures you control. You gain 4 life for each creature tapped this way.

Legality

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

Discussion (3)

cascadien on Oloro, Annoying Ascetic.(Budget Control Life Gain)

6 years ago

Peach Garden Oath , Festival of Trokin ' Harmony of Nature ' Toil to Renown will help your life-gain efforts...id also have recommended Marshaling the Troops but it isnt budget friendly.

TheMadRocketeer on Indestructible, Flying, Infinite Squirrels

8 years ago

I like it. I'd make a few adjustments if it were mine, though.

First, I'd drop my mana curve some. You're looking to overwhelm them with squirrels, so that needs a little more focus. Howl of the Night Pack is a 7 CMC that makes wolves. I see the synergy you're going for with extra land drops, but it's too slow and off-focus for this deck. I'd drop all 3 of these. You could retain 1, if preferred, as a way to break a deadlock or have a dramatic finish, but I have what I think is a better suggestion. Read on.

Terra Stomper is 6 CMC, which is still too high to keep, I think. Sweet as it is, I'd drop it here and use it in another deck.

Your 5-drops are all nice, and they work well with your theme. 4 might be more than you need of the Eldrazi Monument, but it's a focus of the deck, so it could go either way. Dropping 1 would make room for another Coat of Arms, though, which can make your squirrels into Squirrel-zilla much more quickly (albeit without flying or indestructible). With Coat of Arms, be careful if your match-up is an aggro tribal deck, like elves or goblins.

For the 5-drop slot, I'd like to recommend Overrun. This can give you the dramatic finish alluded to above. If you were including more large creatures, Overwhelming Stampede is better still, but in a deck like this one, I'd use Overrun. It has the advantage of not being vulnerable to artifact removal as well. I'd run at least 3, even removing other 5-drops as needed.

Earthcraft is nice, but if you want the combo with Squirrel Nest to come out once in a while, instead of rarely, you want more than 1 of them. You need more cards in the 2-drop slot anyway, and it helps with ramping, so I'd use about 3.

You actually have a bit more ramp than I think you need, so you could trim a couple of those to make room as needed.

Fog is a nice card and can buy you a little time, but you have only 1. You could add a couple more, or you could go more of a life gain route with some combination of things like Essence Warden, Feed the Clan, Fruition, Luminescent Rain, or Marshaling the Troops, etc. Anyway, you get the idea. Drop the mana curve some, protect yourself more while you build up, and improve your chances for the explosive finish.

The_Trippa on My first tiny leaders.

9 years ago

Thank you Fictions_Reality, i was actually just talking to a few mates and i suggested that i too out Grove of the Guardian and Veteran Warleader. I forgot about Boseiju, Who Shelters All and man lands and have added them to the deck, is the only way to counter Rakdos Charm life gain? If so is there a card better than Marshaling the Troops thats instant speed?