Squirrel

by pokge on 07 August 2024

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (11 cards)

Creatures (2)


Instants (3)

Enchantments (6)

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Deck Tags

  • Squirrel
  • +1/+1
  • Token

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

0018032

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Squirrel

Solid squirrel build. Only advice I'd give is relatively minimal.

You've got a pretty good mana curve, but you'd ideally like to have more 1 and 2-drop squirrels to get the field going. Ravenous Squirrel, Osteomancer Adept, and Vinereap Mentor are worth taking a look at, and you should definitely max out Squirrel Sovereign and Verdant Command if you can. Scurry of Squirrels is only really good in commander, and (assuming this is a 1 v 1 build), you'd do better with a 1 or 2-drop in his slot, as he's just a 3-drop 2/2 that can potentially put counters on himself in a 1 v 1 build. That will help you cut down the curve a bit too, which will help.

Aerial Volley is too conditional to be reliable removal, and there are some really good (and cheap) black removal options that could slide right into that spot. Cut Down is probably your best bet, but it's 5 bucks a pop, so I'd go with wither Fatal Push (1.50 a pop) or Bloodchief's Thirst (a quarter a pop).

Same thing with Barroom Brawl, there are just better versions of it. I'd either run the full 4 Bloodchief's Thirst over the 2 Aerial Volley and 3 Barroom Brawl (with a 5th removal option), or sub in Abrupt Decay or Assassin's Trophy, which gives a broader removal spectrum and still lets you kill critters.

Scavenger's Talent is worth looking into if you're going head to head against lots of removal, especially since this deck is more than ok with Food tokens.

Just general thoughts as usual.

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Posted 23 December 2024 at 19:46

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dknight27, is there specific text/code you put around card names to get the preview to work? I've searched but can't find any guide on how to make that work here on mtgvault?

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Posted Tuesday at 12:23

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Yep, you just put [[ ]] around the card name. So [[Card Name]]. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with cards that have an apostrophe in it. For double faced cards, you separate the sides with a //. So [[Card Name 1 // Card Name 2]]. Super useful feature

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Posted Tuesday at 16:28

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Awesome thanks! :)

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Posted Tuesday at 21:42

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SQUIRRELS! Love getting stomped by these decks. They're a lot of fun to see come together, and to try and pick apart when playing against them. :)

dknight27 has some excellent advice here, seriously give it some thought!

For my part ... here are some classic cards to consider, which may not be on mana curve but definitely are on theme:
Deep Forest Hermit
Nut Collector
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
Squirrel Nest
Banner of Kinship

Bonus Considerations, though there are likely stronger choices out there:
Heroic Intervention
Rancor

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Posted Tuesday at 12:14

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Yes, thank you. I have already added some.

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Posted yesterday at 15:36

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