This pilgrim's long journey has apparently led
him to the plains, and today I give thanks for
the bounty of white mana I shall receive when I
tap him. The Pilgrim is certainly playable in
just about any Green deck as simple mana
acceleration, even if you have little or no
white cards. Obviously he's better in a
green/white deck, or at least that where you'd
be most likely to choose him over Llanowar
Elves. And once you've added a few Pilgrims in
for the mana, cards like Transluminant, Travel
Preparations, and the like suddenly make their
appeal known. The Pilgrim allows you to splash
white cards with no real sacrifice, as you'd be
happy to play the Pilgrim just for the
acceleration anyway.
There are several cards that we could have used
to represent the Pilgrims this week, but this is
my favorite. If you like, you could see him as
relating somewhat to the legend of the first
Thanksgiving, as his ability to give a different
color of mana than his own could be like
reaching out across cultures, perhaps. In game
terms, one-cost accelerators are strong pretty
much regardless of what color or colors they
produce. He doesn't have quite the game-changing
impact of Noble Hierarch (who's also a human,
which some decks care about these days), but he
definitely gets the job done. If there's such a
thing as too many Birds of Paradise variants to
choose from, we must be getting pretty close to
it by now.
Welcome back readers continuing this week’s
theme we have a pilgrim! Avacyn’s Pilgrim is
actually quite a powerful card. One mana cost
accerlators always see play since Birds of
Paradise this one having a relevant creature
type (hint not monk) for human decks and in
standard is currently seeing play in most decks
running both these colors, it is not flashy but
it is a solid card. In extended and modern the
presence of Noble Hierarch and Birds of Paradise
give this a little less room to grow but humans
once again have an advantage over birds this
card could see some fringe play in these
formats. In legacy and vintage formats this card
is outdone and not worth including in most
decks, Hierarch and Birds of Paradise swing
quite well with equipment and fix mana so this
poor monk is left on the sidelines. In casual
and multiplayer it is pretty basic and plain but
it’s a requiste in a white and green monk deck,
that aside it’s a decent mana ramper for human
tribes and decks running the color. Also a good
budget choice. In limited it’s a solid pick for
a deck in these colors not flashy or exciting
just functional. Overall a lynchpin in decks but
not a star player.
Today's card of the day is Avacyn's Pilgrim
which is a one mana 1/1 Green that can tap to
produce one White mana. This is an
excellent card for a Green/White deck or even
mono-Green with colorless mana costs and with
the current set supporting the Human type it has
an added bit of potential depending on the
build. Overall any one mana creature with
acceleration has always been popular and this is
no different, so expect to see it in multiple
decks for quite a while.
In Limited any one mana 1/1 is likely to be
played and nearly all acceleration is valuable,
so with or without White in the deck a Green
design will make good use of the Pilgrim.
Good enough for a second or third choice in
Booster depending on the pack and always worth
playing in Sealed as support for White mana,
adding a very inexpensive mana source, or just
an early 1/1 attacker before the opponent gets a
creature.
Welcome to our special Thanksgiving week
here at Pojo.com! For our Thanksgiving themed
card of the day today we are looking at Avacyn’s
Pilgrim. Avacyn’s Pilgrim is a 1/1 green
creature that costs one green mana, and taps to
add a white mana to your mana pool.
Avacyn’s Pilgrim is for Human decks what
a Llanowar Elf is to elf decks, cheap, fast
mana, and common enough to get four copies
easily. The mana acceleration means that larger
creatures and spell make appearances long before
they are supposed to. But that is about the
extent of what a mana accelerator is good for,
mana.
These kinds of cards may help you win the
game, but likely won’t win it for you
themselves. Just remember that.
