Migrating Ketradon
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Dinosaur
Oracle Text:
Reach
When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Power/Toughness: 6/6
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Aetherdrift
Price ( USD): $0.10
USD: $0.10 · EUR: €0.13
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Character Background
Migrating Ketradon reads like a sturdy narrative piece — a lumbering dinosaur bulking up the ground defenses as it pushes through storm layers — and its design supports a midrange/value plan rather than pure aggro or combo: a 6/6 with Reach and a 4-life ETB anchors the board, stabilizing against flyers and buying time for your threats. The Cycling {2} gives late-game flexibility, turning a clunky top-deck into card advantage, and in limited it's a high-impact common that often trades favorably with removal. Deckbuilding-wise, prioritize ramp and efficient green mana (Cultivate-style effects) so you can reliably cast it on curve, or slot it as a two-to-three copy stabilizer in a Selesnya build; it also pairs very well with life-gain payoffs or triggers (Ajani’s Pridemate-style synergies or incidental gain engines) to turn its ETB into incremental value. Sideboard it against heavy-flying decks or otherwise treat it as a tempo-stalling beater that converts defensive utility into long-game wins.
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