Tendril of the Mycotyrant

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Character Background

Tendril of the Mycotyrant is a cheap 1G 2/2 that doubles as a late-game land animator—paying 5GG puts seven +1/+1 counters on a noncreature land you control and turns it into a 0/0 Fungus creature with haste, effectively yielding a 7/7 attacker. It best supports midrange/value strategies that want a resilient, board-level finisher rather than pure aggro or lockdown control: you’re buying a massive, hasty threat off a utility land you already own. Specific synergies include Doubling Season or Primal Vigor to double those counters into monstrous sizes, and Gaea’s Cradle or other creature-count mana engines that reward converting lands into creatures. Deckbuilding tip: run reliable ramp (mana dorks, ramp artifacts) so you can hit the eight-mana window consistently and pick utility or mana-producing lands as targets so the animated land still contributes beyond offense. Be aware it’s susceptible to creature removal, so treat it as a value finisher rather than an invulnerable combo piece.

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