Nurturing Bristleback
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Dinosaur
Oracle Text:
When this creature enters, create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token.
Forestcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Power/Toughness: 5/5
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Price ( USD): $0.16
USD: $0.16 · EUR: €0.14
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Character Background
Nurturing Bristleback is a seven‑mana 5/5 that immediately leaves behind a 3/3 Dinosaur, evoking a matronly beast that sustains its herd rather than a lone killer. In gameplay terms it best supports midrange/value and ramp/token strategies: you get two bodies for one play, stabilizing the board and enabling both defensive stalls and gradual tempo swings into bigger dinosaurs. Build around it with ramp like Cultivate or Kodama's Reach so you can hit it reliably, and pair it with anthem or payoff cards — Ghalta, Primal Hunger costs much less when multiple big bodies are present — or with Gaea's Cradle/Nykthos to convert the token into explosive mana. The Forestcycling is a late‑game safety valve: discard it for a Forest to fix colors or tutor a Cradle when you need it. Treat Nurturing Bristleback as a value anchor that smooths draws and powers up dinosaur finishers.
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