Shower Thoughts: Top 10 Budget Landfall Cards
Scrib Nibblers | Illustrated by Daren Bader
Tatyova, Benthic Druid | Illustrated by Mathias Kollros
Hey everyone, my name is Ben, and today I'm going to be telling you about my top 10 budget Landfall cards.
At the time of writing, all of the cards we will be going over are under $1. I didn't take into account how much play they are seeing, simply their price and how powerful I think the card is. Lists are subjective, so be sure to leave a comment if you disagree with any of my picks!
10. Scrib Nibblers
If you haven't heard of this card before, I wouldn't be surprised. I only recently discovered it when doing research for a deck I was brewing, and honestly I'm surprised this isn't seeing more play. This in combination with any infinite Landfall combo, such as Llanowar Scout
9. Stone-Seeder Hierophant
At first glance, this card reminds me of Arbor Elf
8. Phylath, World Sculptor
This is your "we have Avenger of Zendikar
7. Roaring Earth
In decks like Slogurk, the Overslime
6. Trove Warden
You know what card type is a permanent and has a mana value of three or less? Lands. And what do we want to do with lands in a Landfall deck? Have them enter the battlefield. Not only can we exile lands we put into our graveyard but some of the most popular white staples: Esper Sentinel
5. Tunneling Geopede
I'd like to point out that this creature deals the damage, which means if you can give it Infect, all you need to do is play 10 lands to knock out the entire table. Or give it some lifelink to get 3 life for every land. How about you enchant with Curiosity
4. Retreat to Hagra
This and Tunneling Geopede
3. Valakut Exploration
This is your card advantage in Landfall decks with red. Since you can play the cards, this will let you play any lands you happen to exile. It doesn't let you play any additional lands, so you will still only get one a turn. If you read the card carefully, it doesn't put them into the graveyard until the end of your turn so if you have any instant-speed ramp or ways to get Landfall triggers on other players' turns, you can exile cards ahead of time, essentially drawing them. And it is a win condition, assuming you can get enough lands out all at once.
2. Felidar Retreat
The reason I put this card at number 2 is for its versatility. If you don't need the tokens, start pumping your board, or if you don't really have any creatures, start making them. While 2/2s in Commander aren't the biggest bodies, this lets you grow them once you feel like you've stabilized, and since it gives creature vigilance for a turn, it will let you swing in with your big buff board of baddies and beat up the rest of the table while not going shields down.
1. Tatyova, Benthic Druid
This shouldn't be much of a shocker really. There are two things you want to do in magic: play lands and draw cards, and this card lets you draw cards for playing lands. Along with being in the best colors for a lands deck, blue and green. This won't win you the game on its own, but it will let you draw into your win conditions. Along with the fact it can be your commander is even of a reason to put it at the top of this list. A lot of the other Landfall commanders push you in a direction, which isn't a bad thing. But if you're looking to just play all your favorite Simic cards, you don't have a real reason not to play her as your commander.
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