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Battlewand Oak

Multiverse ID: 141857

Battlewand Oak

Comments (15)

FargoJake
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (3 votes)
Show me another card that's a 5/7 attacker for 3 mana. (assuming you play a forrest and treefolk that turn). Slap on lure and you can devastate your oponent on turn 4 (turn 3 with mana acceleration).
redirus91
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (3 votes)
What is better is if Obsianian battle axe is in play then he becomes a 7/8 with haste. Nasty for turn 3 with a birds or hierarch in play turn one.
a7141988
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Does this get +2/+2 if the Treefolk you play is countered?
VirtueVsVice
★★☆☆☆ (2.6/5.0) (5 votes)
@a7141988

Yes, it does get +2/+2 since the spell is considered played before it is countered.

I never noticed that there were cards with landfall-like abilities before ZEN...

The only problem here is that if you have mana accel, like many {G} decks do, you'll probably be running less lands in your deck (causing this ability to trigger less). Still a decent card though.
Gwafa_Hazid
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Benefits from Recross the Paths and Rampant Growth. Play it with Reach of Branches for a gargantuan creature combined with lots of 2/5 treefolk tokens. Also, Terramorphic Expanse to go for a little deck-thinning, and definitely run with Leaf-Crowned Elder to up your quota of treefolk per turn. Seedguide Ash could be good as a finisher.
OpenSeasonNoobs
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Drop a forest and Harrow for a 7/9 turn 4.
Fanaticmogg
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I just noticed that this card is pretty much the Proto-Landfall creature. It only works for forests, but whatever.
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I liked having this guy in a Baru, Fist of Krosa EDH.
Huffytreefolkman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
i ran all green treefolk i always ran about 30 land sick withdauntlessdourbark out they're
ZeroSheep
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Really? No Harry Potter jokes? I'm disappointed, guys.
reapersaurus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Why stop there, OpenSeasonNoobs?
With a likely treefolk deck that would include this card and Harrow:
Turn 1: Forest, Treefolk Harbinger
Turn 2: Forest, Bosk Banneret
Turn 3: Forest, Battlewand Oak
Turn 4: Forest, Harrow + Dauntless Dourbark

This would make the Battlewand Oak a 9/11 on turn 4, with a 9/9 Dourbark ready for the Timber Protector to give them +1/+1 and Indestructibility on Turn 5.
Taiomah
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sooo... what would those wands be made of?
toXicus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That's not a wand Taiomah...

If you need another hint, all I'll say is Frazzled Editor.

(Don't blame me for the awful joke, I had to :L)
gameguycm
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Use Sporemound and Life and Limb for infinitely large Battlewand Oak. Probably will force a draw, though..
Lord_Skoonie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@gameguycm: Naturalize ftw.

This guy's a great early beater for Treefolk Tribal decks. Give him Rancor to fix his evasion problem and go to town.