Undergrowth

 What's up everyone!

 Today I'll be reviewing one of the newest abilities Undergrowth.

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What is Undergrowth

Undergrowth is an ability introduced in Guilds of Ravnica. 


Undergrowth is a green/black ability that uses the number of creatures in your graveyard to do certain abilities such as lose life, gain life, get +1/+1 counters, and more!

Some Examples:

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Kraul Foragers! A great card to help gain life in mid or later game. In a sacrifice deck, this could be an awesome saving grace when you might need life.

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Necrotic Wound is an Instant that was printed in Guilds of Ravnica. It targets a creature and deals -1/-1 counters and makes the creature weaker. This is a great instant when you need removal for a big creature or threatening one.

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Vigorspore Wurm gives a target creature vigilance and a good +X/+X until end of turn. This can really help make a big stompy blocker and/or attacker. Along with that, this wurmy boi can't be blocked by more than one creature, so if it attacks, a creature will most likely die and clear the way for a good hit.

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If you have enough creatures in the graveyard, this card can become very powerful. It allows you to build it up with +1/+1 counters. You could get a really big creature for 4 mana; this could be good during any point of the game even if you only have a few creatures in your grave. 

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In a black/green deck, flying can be hard to get around. Having a creature like this one that has reach is great! Not only that but you could use its Undergrowth ability to buff the creature, fight a threatening flyer and then if he dies, then it's just more creatures for your undergrowth abilities and overall deck. 

My Opinion on the Ability

This ability is an ability I am fond of. I believe that there are ways to counter it and that there are ways to stop it.


 It's not OP like some people have suggested, but it is indeed very helpful with all the abilities it does for a graveyard deck. It's definitely a fun ability to play around with and use. 


I hope to see it return in other sets. 

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Possible Commanders for a Graveyard Deck

Commander you can use include:

Izoni, Thousand-Eyes

Jarad, Golgari lich lord

A strange one but it could work:

Muldrotha, the Gravetide

That's all for today! Thank you for reading. Comment down below on your opinion and what I should do next. (I love reading comments.)

Thank you all!

Tiamat out

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