Canyon Crawler
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Spider Beast
Oracle Text:
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Swampcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Power/Toughness: 6/6
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Price ( USD): $0.19
USD: $0.19 · EUR: €0.07
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Character Background
Canyon Crawler is a classic black common that rewards slow, sturdy play, fitting best into control or midrange decks that want to stabilize the board and then turn the corner with a large body. A 6/6 with deathtouch makes combat miserable for opponents, forcing awkward attacks and trades, while the enter-the-battlefield Food token adds a small but meaningful cushion against aggro and burn. In practice, it’s both a blocker and a resource engine: the body discourages attacks, and the Food can buy back a turn when needed. Swampcycling {2} is excellent deck smoothing, letting you pitch the Crawler early when you need mana development and find a Swamp instead. That makes it especially useful in black decks with higher mana curves or sacrifice synergies, where the Food token can be reused alongside effects that care about artifacts or life gain.
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