Ravenous Squirrel

Creature — Squirrel

Whenever you sacrifice an artifact or creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this.

{1}{B}{G}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Legality

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

Discussion (25)

DemonDragonJ on Which Card Should Replace Mortality …

9 months ago

I have a copy of Mortality Spear in my Kresh the Bloodbraided EDH deck, but the only methods for gaining life that that deck contains are Ravenous Squirrel and Vein Ripper, so I believe that it would be best to replace that card, and I would like to ask for advice on what card I should put into the deck.

I was considering Unleash the Inferno, since that is an interesting card, but it is too limited in what it can destroy; I considered Riveteers Charm, but one of that card's modes is the same as Jund Charm, so I have now narrowed my decision to Tear Asunder, which is strictly better than Naturalize, Cankerbloom, or Insidious Fungus, the latter two of which are nice, because they work with the deck's theme of profiting from creature dying, although one concern with that is that this deck does not have a sufficiently strong emphasis on recursion and/or reanimating creatures, so I need to ensure that I can reliably reuse those creatures.

What does everyone else say about this? Which card should replace Mortality Spear in my Kresh deck?

DemonDragonJ on Waste Not

9 months ago

I have replaced Mortality Spear with Drag to the Roots, since this deck has no way to gain life, apart from Ravenous Squirrel, but does actively encourage me to put cards into my own graveyard, so it should be easy to cast the latter card for its reduced cost.

I also am contemplating replacing Temple Bell with Folio of Fancies, as the latter card, there, would work very well, with this deck, so I shall ask everyone else here how they feel, about that.

DemonDragonJ on Mortality Spear or Drag to …

9 months ago

I have a copy of Mortality Spear in four different EDH decks of mine, but I am wondering if I should replace those copies with Drag to the Roots from Duskmourn.

I am confident that my Meren of Clan Nel Toth and Teneb, the Harvester decks have a sufficient focus on gaining life that I shall be able to reliably cast Mortality Spear for its reduced cost; The Mimeoplasm deck has no way to gain life outside of Ravenous Squirrel, but does actively encourage me to put cards into my own graveyard, so I should be able to reliably cast Drag to the Roots for its reduced cost, in that deck, so I shall replace Mortality Spear with it; the only deck about which I am uncertain is my Kresh the Bloodbraided deck, since that deck neither has sufficient ways to gain life nor actively encourages me to put cards into my own graveyard, so either card would be equally valid in this deck, in my mind.

What does everyone else say abut this? Should I keep Mortality Spear in my Kresh deck, or replace it with Drag to the Roots?

DeinoStinkus on Why is Liliana’s Animal Form …

1 year ago

Squirrels have been shown in a very vicious light in MTG; Ravenous Squirrel is a good example.

That being said, I think the absurdity of Squirrel Liliana is the point; it gets people talking and it's funny. A raven/black cat would be so obvious that people would just gloss over it.

(This is probably also partly the reason Ral is an otter; queer MTG players were rolling at that one)

DemonDragonJ on Waste Not

1 year ago

I forgot to mention above that I replaced the three "demigod auras" with Altar of Dementia, Golgari Germination, and Ravenous Squirrel, since those cards better fit the theme of this deck.

DemonDragonJ on Waste Not

1 year ago

I have replaced Golgari Findbroker with Ravenous Squirrel, which reduced this deck's average converted mana cost from 3.82 to 3.77, which is very nice, since the squirrel is a better match for the theme of this deck than is the findbroker.

DemonDragonJ on Savage Destruction

2 years ago

I have replaced Pain Magnification with Ravenous Squirrel, which reduced this deck's average converted mana cost from 4.02 to 3.98.

I wonder if this deck has a sufficient number of ways to generate saproling tokens, for Slimefoot and Squee's ability; it currently has three, but should it have more? Should I put Necrogenesis into this deck?

DemonDragonJ on Savage Destruction

2 years ago

I have replaced Blazing Specter with Slimefoot and Squee, which reduced this deck's average converted mana cost from 4.03 to 4.02, since they better fit the theme of this deck.

I definitely would like to put Ravenous Squirrel in this deck, but I am not certain which card it should replace, so does anyone have any suggestions about that?