Slavering Branchsnapper

Slavering Branchsnapper

Mana Cost: {4}{G}{G}

Type: Creature — Lizard

Oracle Text:
Trample
Forestcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Power/Toughness: 7/6

Rarity: common

Prints: View all prints (1) →

Expansion: Duskmourn: House of Horror

Price ( USD): $0.17

USD: $0.17 · EUR: €0.11

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Character Background

Slavering Branchsnapper reads like a classic green finisher: a 7/6 trampler for six mana that wants to close games rather than stall them, so it best supports a midrange/beatdown plan that pairs ramp and tempo — not control or combo. The Forestcycling clause is deceptively powerful in both constructed and limited; in sealed or draft it’s an easy keep because you can discard it to fetch a Forest and avoid mana flood, while in constructed it doubles as a discard buffer for graveyard synergies and a late-game card-to-land conversion. Deckbuilding tip: include reliable ramp (Llanowar Elves, Rampant Growth, Cultivate-style effects) and 24+ lands so you can cast it on curve, and pair it with one or two Overrun-style finishers or global pump effects to maximize trample damage. Thematically it reads as a ravenous forest predator—simple, brutal—and functionally it’s a resilient, hard-to-block threat that rewards decks built to accelerate into big threats and close out the game.

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