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commandtower · 3 years

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More decklist updates

Hey again folks, I’m back with another round of decklist updates for you to check out. This time, I’ve updated my lists for Yeva, Nature’s Herald, Erebos, God of the Dead, and Experiment Kraj. Each of them is now up to date with the current physical version, including changes up to Adventures in the Forgotten Realms.

If you’d like more details about the changes, you can read about them below.

The main name of the game with this round of updates was improving the speed and consistency of these lists. These three decks are among my longest-lived Commander decks and are often the most difficult for me to effectively change just because they’ve become so tightly packed with powerful cards over their lifetimes, but I really wanted to improve some of the card selection in them.

Yeva’s deck received a pretty sweeping overhaul, obtaining a number of new tools for its arsenal. Not the least among them was an Allosaurus Shepherd, replacing Gaea’s Herald as my cheap counter option due to its improved utility, reduced cost and the removal of the symmetrical aspect. It’s kind of a shame, because the Herald has one of my all time favorite pieces of art in the game, but the Shepherd is just an all-around better card. Other changes include the addition of a Kogla, the Titan Ape, a powerful piece of removal that plays very well with Yeva’s addition of flash, and a Vivien, Monsters’ Advocate, which I’ve talked about previously as one of the best cards for Green decks to come out of this past year. The suite of ramp spells was also tweaked in this list, swapping Cultivate and Kodama’s Reach for Three Visits and Nature’s Lore. Since Yeva costs four mana to play, swapping the three mana ramp spells for two cost alternatives allows for smoother play into a Commander drop without a loss of tempo. I also swapped out the Snow-Covered Forests for regular options as the deck no longer makes use of snow mana after this recent change up, and I don’t really feel like getting blown out by a Break the Ice. Lastly, I recently came into possession of a few copies of The Great Henge thanks to lucky pulls from promo packs at my local store, so I added one to this list. It’s just an all-around great card for any deck that runs Green, and this list definitely loves to draw cards as it casts creatures.

Kraj has always had a bit of trouble with turn consistency, and so the biggest thing I wanted to improve with the changes to this list was the turn-by-turn progression, smoothing out ramp options and card draw a little nicer. A previous upgrade removed the spell-based ramp in the list in favor of more mana dorks for Kraj to copy, but I’ve opted to re-add a Cultivate to the list just for a bit of assistance in case of emergency. Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy was an easy include here and adds a lot of options for the list, offering a boost to mana production as well as the ability to dig for options. Branching Evolution and Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider join the list as additional static counter buffers, allowing for faster and more explosive buildup, and The Ozolith helps to reduce some of the blowback that comes from losing creatures to removal. Kraj’s spellbook was enhanced a bit by a visit to Strixhaven, picking up some excellent modal pieces in Decisive Denial and Quandrix Command that improve the list’s available options in various situations. This list also gets a Great Henge, and it’s honestly probably even better here than it is in my mono-Green list as Kraj directly benefits from the Henge’s counter distribution. I think the cards I've added here will help a lot with the deck’s overall progression, and the games I’ve played with this version have already felt much smoother and more involved.

Erebos has mostly been upgraded to allow for increased speed. He’s seen the inclusion of a number of new, slimmer-cost options compared to his previous cards that help to get him into the game faster, and a fair amount of new mana ramp options through additions of cards like Forsworn Paladin for some improved early-to-mid game progression. Feed the Swarm came in thanks to its unique capacity as a targeted enchantment removal in mono-Black, and Baleful Mastery replaced another piece of targeted removal thanks to its cost reduction option. Dauthi Voidwalker and Opposition Agent were added as lean-costed cards that can severely hamper other decks’ gameplans, which is true to what this deck was always trying to do. Rankle, Master of Pranks was introduced to the deck due to the versatile suite of options available to him, offering a customizable selection of abilities that can change to fit a number of situations. I’ve also chosen to add Boseiju, Who Shelters All to protect some of my win conditions like Torment of Hailfire or Exsanguinate. I decided to leave the snow lands in this list as it still makes use of them through cards like Extraplanar Lens and Dead of Winter, although that may change if I start seeing more copies of Break the Ice in my local meta.

Overall, I think these changes will help to keep these decklists viable as Commander continues to evolve as a format. Even though these are some of my longest-maintained decks, they’re also some of my favorites, so I’m happy to see new options that help to keep them updated.

If you’d like to take a look at all of the lists I’ve posted to the blog, past and present, you can check out the archive of my deck posts by using the Decklists tab in my blog’s sidebar. If you missed the previous list of updates I made to some of my other active decks, it’s available here. I have a number of new lists I’ve been working on over the past while that I’m prepping to share as well, so if these lists were to your liking, please stay tuned for more content like this to come. Thanks!

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dhb912 · 3 years

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MTG Prerelease Pack Mania. Ikoria Lair of Behemoths Prerelease Pack - 2nd Vivien Monster's Advocate Draft Booster cards: 005 Human Soldier Token/Ikoria Commander Decks Preview 070 Voracious Greatshark [Rare] (It's Shark Week every week 🙄) 013 Flourishing Fox [Uncommon] 048 Escape Protocol [Uncommon] 121 Frillscare Mentor [Uncommon] (Not a good day if you're Dennis Nedry) 005 Checkpoint Officer (Can you let me speak to the other Officer there? No?) 020 Light of Hope 050 Facet Reader 054 Gust of Wind 085 Durable Coilbug 115 Ferocious Tigorilla 136 Shredded Sails 143 Almighty Brushwagg (NEVER laugh at the brushwagg) 149 Essence Symbiote 240 Sleeper Dart (Me shooting a dart at Kelsien's back: No, you) 261 Plains And that's it for Ikoria. Don't worry about Godzilla, he was on that very plane before but has returned only for this set being posted on IG by me. Time to meet Teferi. #magic #gathering #mtg #tcg #prereleasepack #prereleasepackmania #tcgplayer #cardex #ikoria #lairofbehemoths #vivienreid #vivienmonstersadvocate #thebaddestwomanontheplanet #idontgiveadamnaboutmybadreputation #gemrazer #godzilla #gojira #kingofthemonsters #kaiju #lukka #drannith #skysail #ozolith #kelsien #mtgvoyager #voyagermtg #theresalwaysabiggermonster https://www.instagram.com/p/CWfcW48r70R/?utm_medium=tumblr

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mtg-realm · 4 years

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Magic: the Gathering - Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Planeswalkers

Art, Card and Story of all three of our Planeswalkers tells a story of someone who just realised his appreciation for critters, someone who has perhaps too much appreciation, and one who just appreciates a story.

•Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast, illustrated by Chris Rallis • Vivien, Monsters' Advocate, illustrated by Lius Lasahido • Narset of the Ancient Way, llustrated by Yongjae Choi

#mtg #mtgikoria #magic the gathering #Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths

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halcyon-witness · 4 years

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Vivien, Monster’s Advocate

#mtg #magic the gathering #ikoria #*#vivien reed

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cyprinodont · 4 years

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Got my first 7 win arena cube with a BG Rock-ish midrange. Vivien, Monsters Advocate is broken as hell if you can keep her alive for 2+ turns.

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chainerstorment · 4 years

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Commander 1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate (IKO) 175

Deck 1 Pollenbright Druid (WAR) 173 1 Biogenic Ooze (RNA) 122 1 Biogenic Upgrade (RNA) 123 1 Bonders' Enclave (IKO) 245 1 Ironscale Hydra (THB) 296 1 Crystalline Giant (IKO) 234 1 Destiny Spinner (THB) 168 1 Fertilid (IKO) 152 1 Field of Ruin (THB) 242 1 God-Eternal Rhonas (WAR) 163 21 Forest (IKO) 272 1 Gilded Goose (ELD) 160 1 Humble Naturalist (IKO) 160 1 Ilysian Caryatid (THB) 174 1 Incubation Druid (RNA) 131 1 Ivy Elemental (IKO) 161 1 Questing Beast (ELD) 171 1 Leafkin Druid (M20) 178 1 Ram Through (IKO) 170 1 New Horizons (WAR) 168 1 Barkhide Troll (M20) 165 1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed (THB) 185 1 Omen of the Hunt (THB) 192 1 Paradise Druid (WAR) 171 1 Pelt Collector (GRN) 141 1 Renata, Called to the Hunt (THB) 196 1 Stonecoil Serpent (ELD) 235 1 The First Iroan Games (THB) 170 1 Gemrazer (IKO) 155 1 The Ozolith (IKO) 237 1 Thrashing Brontodon (M20) 197 1 Titanic Brawl (RNA) 146 1 Rabid Bite (M20) 190 1 Trollbred Guardian (RNA) 148 1 Vivien, Arkbow Ranger (M20) 199 1 Hydra's Growth (THB) 172 1 Voracious Hydra (M20) 200 1 Wildborn Preserver (ELD) 182 1 Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig (ELD) 185

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phulkor-resource · 2 years

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paper sylvan plug deck I brought to FNM @Demospel

1 Tireless Tracker 1 Questing Beast 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Ramunap Excavator 1 Court of Bounty 1 Sylvan Library 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth [MH2] 1 Elvish Reclaimer 4 Green Sun's Zenith 4 Once Upon a Time 4 Elvish Spirit Guide 2 Shifting Ceratops 4 Chalice of the Void 3 Trinisphere 4 Karn, the Great Creator 1 Garruk Relentless 1 Choke 2 Abrupt Decay 4 Ancient Tomb 3 Wasteland 1 Ghost Quarter 4 Windswept Heath 2 Verdant Catacombs 2 Bayou 5 Forest 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth sideboard 1 Ensnaring Bridge 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Liquimetal Coating 1 Mycosynth Lattice 2 Plague Engineer 1 Tormod's Crypt 1 Walking Ballista 1 Vivien, Champion of the Wilds 1 Choke 1 Outland Liberator 1 Collector Ouphe

with a second version I would sleeve after playtesting the first one

1 Eternal Witness 1 Questing Beast 1 Ramunap Excavator 1 Court of Bounty 1 Sylvan Library 1 Vivien Reid 1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate 1 Froghemoth 1 Endurance 2 Shifting Ceratops 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth 3 Green Sun's Zenith 3 Natural Order 1 Progenitus 4 Chalice of the Void 3 Trinisphere 2 Choke 2 Abrupt Decay 2 Sudden Edict 2 Grist, the Hunger Tide 4 Elvish Spirit Guide 4 Ancient Tomb 3 Wasteland 1 Ghost Quarter 4 Windswept Heath 2 Verdant Catacombs 2 Bayou 5 Forest 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth sideboard 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Plague Engineer 1 Choke 1 Outland Liberator 1 Collector Ouphe 1 Assassin's Trophy 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest 1 Klothys, God of Destiny

#mtg #legacymtg #mtglegacy #sylvan plug #natural order #chalice of the void

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melodic--minor · 3 years

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You thought I was just a repost/Omori blog?

You were sorely mistaken.

I will make you look at my other hyperfixation

Unless you leave, I guess.

But until then, here’s a sketch of the promo Vivien, Monster’s Advocate

#mtg #vivien reid #i feel bad about tagging this as art #so i wont

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mtgdays · 4 years

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dimestoretajic · 1 year

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET, FIELD OF 32 PART 2!

Vivien definitely took Garruk's place in terms of Green Hero Planeswalker, but is the Agent J to Garruk's Agent K in possession of a better ultimate ability? You're making the call!

Make your choice!

#magic the gathering #mtg #mtg pw ult bracket #mtgpwu field of 32 p2 #garruk cursed huntsman #vivien monsters advocate

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nofomoartworld · 7 years

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Hyperallergic: Art Movements

X-radiograph of Edgar Degas’s “Arabesque over the Right Leg, Left Arm in Front” (© Fitzwilliam Museum)

Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world. Subscribe to receive these posts as a weekly newsletter.

The Guggenheim Museum withdrew three works from its upcoming exhibition Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, following a public outcry from animal rights activists. The museum attributed their decision to pull works by Peng Yu and Sun Yuan, Huang Yong Ping, and Xu Bing, to “explicit and repeated threats of violence.” An online petition objecting to the works has so far garnered over 750,000 supporters.

Jean Nouvel dismissed claims of worker abuse and exploitation at the Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi as an “old question.” “They have the same conditions, even better conditions, than those I see in other countries,” the architect told the Anglo-American Press Association. “We checked and it was fine. We saw no problem.” A 2015 report by Human Rights Watch concluded that migrant laborers working on Saadiyat Island’s Louvre and Guggenheim museum projects were living in squalid conditions, subjected to wage theft and underpayment, and routinely had their passports confiscated.

A series of X-rays taken by conservationists at the Fitzwilliam Museum revealed Edgar Degas‘s use of wine bottle corks, shop-bought armatures, and old floor boards for his wax sculptures of dancers.

Dissident cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé (aka Jamón y Queso) was arrested in Equatorial Guinea. The artist, who has produced work criticizing dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, had travelled back to his home country to renew his passport.

Richard Rogers challenged Prince Charles to engage in a public architecture debate after claiming he knows of five developers who have privately consulted the prince out of fear of his potential opposition. A spokesman for the prince of Wales denied the architect’s claims. In 2015, the Guardian published the so-called “black spider” memos, a number of letters sent by Charles to British government ministers and politicians advocating his stance on a number of socio-political issues — a violation of the monarchy’s tradition of political neutrality.

Nicole Eisenman‘s sculpture “Sketch for a Fountain” (2017) was vandalized for a second time. The work was spray painted with a swastika and a phallus on the eve of Germany’s 2017 election, in which the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) made historic gains in the Bundestag.

Hurvin Anderson, “Is it OK to be black?” (2016), oil on canvas, 130 x 130 cm (courtesy the artist)

The 2017 Turner Prize exhibition opened at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull. This year’s nominees are Hurvin Anderson, Andrea Büttner, Lubaina Himid and Rosalind Nashashibi.

A Manhattan district judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against London’s National Gallery over the ownership of Henri Matisse’s 1908 portrait of Margarete “Greta” Moll.

A group of amateur archaeologists discovered a Roman mosaic in Boxford, England. Part of a larger villa complex, the mosaic is thought to depict Bellerophon, Hercules, and Cupid.

Developers filed an application to destroy the last remaining example of Victorian slum housing in Leicester, England.

The UK’s oldest postcard firm, J Salmon, will close in December. Founded in 1880, the firm remained a family business for five generations.

Anger Management, a pop-up store organized by Marilyn Minter and Andrianna Campbell, opened at the Brooklyn Museum. Featuring works designed by artists including John Baldessari, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, and Glenn Ligon, the store features objects dedicated to themes of “resistance, hope, and protest.”

The empty lot on the corner of Bedford and North 1st Street in Williamsburg — known to locals for its eccentric dioramas of stuffed animals — was listed for sale.

Transactions

Wisdom King of Passion (Aizen Myōō) (1300s), Kamakura period (1333–1392) to Nanbokuchō period (1336–92), hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and cut gold on silk, 102 x 60.5 cm (courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art)

Agnes Gund donated works by Brice Marden, Robert Colescott, Claes Oldenburg, Donald Sultan, and Adja Yunkers to the Cleveland Museum of Art. The museum also announced a number of other recent acquisitions, including a portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby and a medieval painting of Aizen Myōō, one of the Five Great Wisdom Kings and protectors of the Five Wisdom Buddhas.

The Peabody Essex Museum acquired the Andover Newton Theological School’s collection of Native American and native Hawaiian objects. The museum has committed to identifying possible ownership of the artifacts in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990.

Cheryl and Haim Saban donated $50 million to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Yahoo’s cofounder, Jerry Yang, and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki, donated $25 million toward the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco‘s expansion project.

Peter Fu donated $12 million to the McGill School of Architecture.

The Akron Art Museum received an $8-million grant from the Knight Foundation.

Susan and Stephen Wilson donated $1.5 million to the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University.

Gerhard Richter plans to donate a new, multi-part artwork to the city of Münster, Germany.

The Museum of Fine Arts of Montreal acquired Henry Moore’s “Three Piece Reclining Figure No. 1” (1961–62).

The Woodson Research Center at the Fondren Library at Rice University acquired the archive of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

David Hockney donated his 32-panel painting “The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire” (2011) to the Center Pompidou.

The Vivien Leigh collection sold at Sotheby’s for £2.2 million (~$3 million) — a figure five times higher than the pre-sale estimate. Highlights included a sketch of the actress by Augustus John, a watercolor by Roger Kemble Furse, and a still life painting by Winston Churchill.

Roger Kemble Furse, “Vivien Leigh Reading with Tissy” (nd), watercolor, pen, ink, and pencil on paper (courtesy Sotheby’s)

Transitions

Gerard Vaughan announced his retirement as director of the National Gallery of Australia.

Linda Blumberg will step down as executive director of the Art Dealers Association of America at the end of the year.

Augustus Casely-Hayford was appointed director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art.

Kathy Halbreich was appointed executive director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

Marko Daniel was appointed director of the Joan Miró Foundation.

Thomas Sokolowski was appointed director of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.

Nicola Trezzi was appointed director and chief curator of the Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv.

Kwame Kwei-Armah was appointed artistic director of the Young Vic in London.

Colin B. Bailey was elected to the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation’s board of directors.

Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi was appointed head of the International Biennial Association.

Rendering of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s new building, facade view from 125th Street (courtesy Adjaye Associates)

Diane Wright was appointed curator of glass at the Toledo Museum of Art.

Douglas Brinkley was appointed the New-York Historical Society’s first presidential historian.

The Meadows School of the Arts at SMU announced new faculty appointments, including the Roberto Conduru as professor of Art History.

Loring Randolph was appointed the Frieze art fair’s artistic director of the Americas.

Former Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Carlos Picón was appointed director of Colnaghi’s new New York gallery.

The Studio Museum in Harlem unveiled the first renderings for its new building.

Canada’s first-ever National Holocaust Monument was opened in Ottawa.

The American Museum of Natural History announced a $14.5 million renovation of the Hall of Northwest Coast Indians.

Architecture firm Yamasaki will reopen under the leadership of Robert Szantner, a longtime employee of the late architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986). Szantner teamed up with fellow employees to purchase the firm’s intellectual property out of receivership.

Two museums dedicated to Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008) will open in Paris and Marrakech next month.

Accolades

The Corning Museum of Glass selected Karen LaMonte for its 2018 Specialty Glass Artist-in-Residence.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University were awarded the inaugural Sotheby’s Prize.

Obituaries

The July 1977 issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland, with a cover by Basil Gogos (via Flickr/Toho Scope)

Marc Balakjian (1938–2017), artist.

Katherine M. Bonniwell (1947–2017), Life magazine publisher.

Derek Bourgeois (1941–2017), composer.

Charles Bradley (1948–2017), soul singer and songwriter.

Robert Delpire (1926–2017), editor, curator, and gallery owner.

Ritha Devi (1924–2017), Indian classical dancer and teacher.

Basil Gogos (1929–2017), artist. Best known for his portraits of movie monsters and villains.

Billy Hatton (1941–2017), guitarist and singer. Founding member of the Fourmost.

Hugh Hefner (1926–2017), publisher and founder of Playboy.

Marian Horosko (1925–2017), ballet dancer and historian.

Albert Innaurato (1947–2017), playwright.

John Jack (1933–2017), jazz producer and promoter.

Myrna Lamb (1930–2017), feminist playwright.

Vann Molyvann (1926–2017), architect.

Zuzana Ruzickova (1927–2017), harpsichordist and Holocaust survivor.

David Shepherd (1931–2017), artist and wildlife conservationist.

Albert Speer Jr. (1934–2017), architect. Son of Nazi architect Albert Speer.

Pete Turner (1934–2017), photographer.

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commandtower · 4 years

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Lost in the Lockdown - Vivien, Monsters’ Advocate

If you’re like so many of us nowadays, you’ve been having a rough time trying to get games of Commander in over the last seven months or so. The world we live in now is a strange place, and while we all hope that it will change for the better sooner rather than later, it seems like we still have a long way to go before we’re out of the woods.

Staying healthy and safe is obviously at the forefront of most peoples’ minds, but with games of Magic falling by the wayside, cards from recent sets might not be generating as much of a buzz as usual just because there’s not a lot of chances to try them out, no time to experiment and see what the gems are when new sets release. As a result, a lot of new cards are being slept on just because they’re not getting the press that they would in a more normal world.

Today I wanted to shine a bit of a light on one such card that it seems a lot of people aren’t really paying much mind to. I’m lucky to have had the chance to play some games with this card, and she really pulls her weight in a fantastic way, becoming very close to auto-include status for her color. Today I’m looking at Vivien, Monsters’ Advocate, a mono-Green Planeswalker from Ikoria.

Vivien's latest card is an extremely strong new Planeswalker. At five mana, she has to hold her own against multiple other green Planeswalker cards to be worth the include, including powerhouse cards in their own right like Nissa, Who Shakes the World and Nissa, Worldwaker, Garruk, Primal Hunter and even Vivien's own original version. All of these are popular Green cards and have proven themselves as powerful pieces in the format for their utility and versatility. This latest Vivien, though, might actually outshine several of those cards just based on the incredible value of play she brings to the table.

Vivien, Monsters' Advocate has two paired static abilities that allow you to play creatures from the top of your deck, which is not an unknown value in Green but is still fairly rare, only appearing on a handful of other cards. This automatically makes her appealing to creature based decks, which most Green-aligned decks end up being. On plus-one, she creates a 3/3 Beast token, a standard token of the color, but what sets it apart is the fact that she also gives the token a relevant keyword ability from within Green's wheelhouse, putting an ability counter for either vigilance, reach or trample onto the Beast she summons. In and of itself, this is the best implementation of the 3/3 Beast activation that exists on Planeswalkers currently - for comparison, the recent Garruk, Unleashed from M21 has to minus-two to make the same token, and his Beasts come in as strict vanilla creatures. While Garruk is one mana less, this disparity in value is worth far more than a single mana in my opinion, and there's a huge, deep canyon of difference between the capacity of these two activations, even though the end result is so comparable.

Perhaps the best part of this card is her minus-two activation, which allows you to add a tutor effect to any creature you cast, effectively letting you selectively cascade into a second creature of your own choice and popping it right onto the field from your deck. This ability is absolutely massive and can entirely shift the scope of a game, and you can do it as soon as Vivien hits the field without even losing her in the process. Even better, because the trigger happens on the casting of the creature spell, you can set up the field to better take advantage of the creature you're casting before it even hits the table, since the card you search for actually sees play first. Play an Avenger of Zendikar and search up an Ashaya, Soul of the Wild to make your Plants stronger as soon as they come in, or play a Walking Ballista and then drop a Corpsejack Menace out of your deck to double your ammunition. These are just some quick and easy examples, but there are a ton of options with an ability like this, and even just finding two big bodies to push your boardstate ahead is an amazing bit of extra value for zero setup.

Vivien's latest card is an extremely strong piece for Green-aligned decks, from monocolored stompy lists to three- or four-colored engines that are just splashing Green for extra value. She protects herself on plus with the best implementation of the 3/3 Beast generation ability on a Planeswalker to date, she effectively gives you an extra card draw every turn by letting you cast off the top, and her minus activation is ready to go as soon as she drops into play, offering a huge value boost with no time investment attached. If you haven't had the chance to play lately and are feeling a bit of burnout with the new cards being released because of the state of the world right now, you might have slept on this one. I urge you to take a second look, because this card is an amazing tool for any toolbox with Green in it, and very worth keeping an eye on.

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