Great with Predator Ooze. Ooze keeps your opponent's board clean, and gets bigger to boot.
Also fun, Beast Within their permanents, then eat the token with Ooze.
Kasmodian
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Ah, I just LOVE Green style removal. Daybreak Ranger, Prey Upon, all so much fun. I love the repeatability of this sucker too, not as cheap as Nightfall Predator mana-wise but then you're only tapping your 1/1 Tracker instead of your big nasty creature who can follow up with an attack.
Starshayd
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
NOTICE! It isn't Prey Upon. You don't have to fight a creature you don't control. If you have a Protean Hydra, for example...
j_mindfingerpainter
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Dang, Starshayd beat me to it. I was going to mention Phytohydra, but oh well. Anyway, like I said awhile ago on my comment on Prey Upon, people might use these to have their own creatures fight each other. Great as a 1-drop, in my opinion. I approve of this card for its many uses, WotC.
MANABURNWASGOOD
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
i guess people like it because there is little green creature removal in standard?
blah.
Madrai
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Alright, my wurm fights your cat. Taking all bets!
LIKE YOU PLACES IN BIG-BAD CREATURE DECKS? WELL, LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOT IN STORE FOR YOU!
But in all truth, it's not strictly better. Sure, it's much more efficient (1 card, used multiple times > 1 card, used once), but Prey Upon didn't suffer from Summoning Sickness.
More obviously, mind the cost.
4/5 for being forced to stuff it into my Werewolf deck
BagsMcpiper
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
I bet his name is Sergei Kalinnikov. He eats borscht and drinks vodka and does really bizzare dances. That bear sleeps in his house.
Opaque
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Is the art an homage to the old grizzly bears art that depicts the bears punching down a tree?
Guest1381794618
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
One drop board position engine that will be the absolute scourge of your opponent's game if left unanswered.
Yeah, I'll take a couple of these. I like my utility dorks to ETB screaming "Kill me NOW!"
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
He can put your opponent into a pretty uncomfortable position with Phyrexian Obliterator.
arcaneimperator
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Works well with Glissa, the Traitor The pair chomps through almost everyone by turn 3
Happyface1515
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I got this and a somberwald sage in a fat pack in a word.... AWESOME!!!
Stray_Dog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Where here to f**k s**t up!
Baaliprimogen
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Stuffy Doll just became green!
Diachronos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Both this and Prey Upon have their merits, but I think that the Tracker is better in many cases. He can make two things fight at Instant speed, he can be used more than once, and if you ever want your creatures to hit each other (time for the obligatory mention of Stuffy Doll) he lets you do that.
Of course, he is also much easier to get rid of, whereas Prey Upon needs to either be countered or have one of its targets removed.
The first rule of playing Ulvenwald Tracker is that you do not talk about playing Ulvenwald Tracker. The second rule of playing Ulvenwald Tracker is that you DO NOT TALK ABOUT PLAYING ULVENWALD TRACKER.
reapersaurus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Surprised noone's mentioned the card this was patterned off of: Tracker.
It was one of the few old-school ways to get creatures to fight (other than Arena, which used to be quite hard to find (rare book-only promo card)).
Much like Durkwood Tracker from Time Spiral, this card is a callback to the original fightin' green creature named simply Tracker from The Dark.
JaxsonBateman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Such a good card. Repeatable removal. Yes, it requires decently sized creatures to actually pull off, but for green to get targetted, repeatable spot removal is awesome - and especially at such a low mana cost. The fact that its on a creature body also means that it works well with Fauna Shaman, or any other creature tutor.
If you're playing monogreen, seriously consider including a playset of these. In monogreen they also go fantastically alongside Predator Ooze - pump the Ooze up a bit by attacking a few times, then fight with some other creatures to grow it even bigger.
TowerDefender
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Gruul, use a steal effect Treacherous Blood or similar spell to borrow their fatty then make it fight their other biggest threat. Then attack if it survives!
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A green 1 drop that can actually dominate the board and gives a ton of control and board presence... Fantastic.
Also that art, 5/5
NanakoAC
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
i give him 5/5 begrudgingly. because he is powerful. too powerful.
this is one of those things i'd call overpowered. given that green specialises in massive creaturea AND manacost, being able to repeatably kill stuff from turn 2 onwards is just unfair.
his ability needs a higher cost, and so does he.
Stuflames
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is tops, and should be rated so.
Tamerlein
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Reusable fighting on a one drop. Pretty solid card.
5/5
GordonFreechmen
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of my favorite cards. I love to run strong creatures, and I don't care about paying their high mana cost if they have one. I almost always have stronger creatures than my opponents out, and with this guy I can kill of their creatures on by one. Yeah with stronger creatures I could just swing all out, but I think it is more fun to slowly kill off every creature they have, while making my field even stronger and this guy is perfect for that.
NARFNra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@NanakoAC
Oh please.
It's a one drop whose ability relies upon other creatures. It drains two mana, which IS significant if you plan to use it every turn, and it's not really worth attacking with.
He's also never going to want to attack or block on his own, so he's a utility creature with no protection that dies to anything that lowers toughness by even a single point.
There are some overpowered cards nowadays, but this certainly is not one of them. Yes, he's a great card, but he's not broken.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Ah, yes, comrade. You are strong, like Russian bear. In fact, you might just be Russian bear."
Potrezebie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this guy. He works at instant speed, on other guy’s turns, when I’m still getting out of bed.... He looked so harmless, but now my friends try and kill him off like he was Progenitus.
In my First Strike - Lifelink - Deathtouch deck he uses Glissa the Traitor, Vampire Nighthawk and some others with Angelic Destiny laid on them, etc., to keep the battlefield so neat and tidy.
You can rack up a lot of Lifelink in your spare time with him too, knock off pesky Arbor Elf in ramp decks, or take down fatties with 1 drop deathtouch creatures just for sheer entertainment value.
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Also fun, Beast Within their permanents, then eat the token with Ooze.
If you have a Protean Hydra, for example...
blah.
LIKE YOU PLACES IN BIG-BAD CREATURE DECKS? WELL, LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOT IN STORE FOR YOU!
But in all truth, it's not strictly better. Sure, it's much more efficient (1 card, used multiple times > 1 card, used once), but Prey Upon didn't suffer from Summoning Sickness.
More obviously, mind the cost.
4/5 for being forced to stuff it into my Werewolf deck
Yeah, I'll take a couple of these. I like my utility dorks to ETB screaming "Kill me NOW!"
The pair chomps through almost everyone by turn 3
Of course, he is also much easier to get rid of, whereas Prey Upon needs to either be countered or have one of its targets removed.
It was one of the few old-school ways to get creatures to fight (other than Arena, which used to be quite hard to find (rare book-only promo card)).
Might go well with Thornbite Staff, since he's a Shaman....
If you're playing monogreen, seriously consider including a playset of these. In monogreen they also go fantastically alongside Predator Ooze - pump the Ooze up a bit by attacking a few times, then fight with some other creatures to grow it even bigger.
Also that art, 5/5
this is one of those things i'd call overpowered. given that green specialises in massive creaturea AND manacost, being able to repeatably kill stuff from turn 2 onwards is just unfair.
his ability needs a higher cost, and so does he.
5/5
Oh please.
It's a one drop whose ability relies upon other creatures. It drains two mana, which IS significant if you plan to use it every turn, and it's not really worth attacking with.
He's also never going to want to attack or block on his own, so he's a utility creature with no protection that dies to anything that lowers toughness by even a single point.
There are some overpowered cards nowadays, but this certainly is not one of them. Yes, he's a great card, but he's not broken.
In my First Strike - Lifelink - Deathtouch deck he uses Glissa the Traitor, Vampire Nighthawk and some others with Angelic Destiny laid on them, etc., to keep the battlefield so neat and tidy.
You can rack up a lot of Lifelink in your spare time with him too, knock off pesky Arbor Elf in ramp decks, or take down fatties with 1 drop deathtouch creatures just for sheer entertainment value.
Try him with Kiora’s Follower, Seeker of Skybreak, or Freed from the Real. And to think I discovered him by using Pit Fight.