Scythecat Cub – Foundations
Date Reviewed: November 19, 2024
Ratings:
Constructed: 4
Casual: 5
Limited: 5
Multiplayer: 4
Commander [EDH]: 4
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale. 1 is bad. 3 is average. 5 is great.
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There have been a couple of sets now where the card depicting a big cat species’ cub was notably more dangerous than one depicting the adult – the one that stands out to me is Kaladesh‘s Longtusk Cub. The Scythecat version compares well to that, and it even looks good in the context of green’s longstanding two-mana long-game threats like Tarmogoyf. It grows at a downright ridiculous rate in any format with fetchlands, and thanks to the common and uncommon variants we’ve been getting since Streets of New Capenna, that is an awful lot of formats. It’s incredibly fun to attack with, which brings me to a meta reason I like it: unlike Tarmogoyf and its imperative to keep checking graveyards and fuss around with card types, or Bristly Bill and his imperative to delay and get tricky, Scythecat Cub tells you to stand up and charge forward. There’s something to be said for that as a philosophy (including in Magic!).
Constructed: 4
Casual: 5
Limited: 5
Multiplayer: 4
Commander [EDH]: 4
Me-ouch, and some such. Scythecat Cub is one of those creatures that can start a surprisingly fast snowball if given the chance, and it plays especially well with any fetchlands that can trigger the second landfall. And on tis own, it’s usually starting to attack as a 3/3 that gets bigger. I feel like the combo potential will probably be what shines brightest from it, but it can make for some fun as a self-sufficient threat that can make things very hairy in a drawn-out duel.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 4.75 (unlikely to get the doubling, but this grows consistently and breaks through chummp blockers)
Multiplayer: 3.5
Commander [EDH]: 4
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