Creating squirrels for commander

[jamievb1970]

Hello all,
For nearly 2 years I have been coming up with cards for a squirrel commander deck that has morphed into a whole set I would like to call Squirreltopia. I am used to linking card images so please bear with me as i try to write a few examples. I also post on reddit and instagram so if you wish to see more send a message. Here goes:

Field Tiller

2g

creature-squirrel

When Field Tiller enters the battlefield or dies search your library for a basic land card, reveal it and put it into your hand then shuffle your library."

1/1

Art by jvb

038/122

[NUMBERS]

I think something got thrown off with the formatting you posted, is this what you were going for:

Field Tiller

2G

Creature - Squirrel

When Field Tiller enters the battlefield or dies, search your library for a basic land card, reveal it and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

1/1

Art by jvb

038/122

Seems fine to me, thought I'm unsure if it needs to be uncommon? At 2G it feels a little overcosted to me, maybe.

[Krishnath]

The cost seems fine, however, it should probably be a common. Even if it put the basic land onto the battlefield tapped it would be fine as a common.

Now, if it could collect any land and put it into your hand, then it would look fine as an uncommon.

[SecretInfiltrator]

The cost seems fine, however, it should probably be a common. Even if it put the basic land onto the battlefield tapped it would be fine as a common.

Double Rampant Growth and a chump blocker are quite a lot for a three mana common. I actually think the card advantage is reasonably high here to make this something you'd consider more of an uncommon. You'd also not want a card that requires you to search+shuffle twice to be a common either, so I'd call this well situated no matter where the land goes.

[void_nothing]

Agreed, an effect like this should not be common. Cost seems fine, and I like cards with "ETB or dies" effects for their potential for broad spectrum usefulness. (Worth nothing that based on how Commander deck-exclusive cards' rarities work, this would also have to be uncommon in one of those products.)

[Krishnath]

The cost seems fine, however, it should probably be a common. Even if it put the basic land onto the battlefield tapped it would be fine as a common.

Double Rampant Growth and a chump blocker are quite a lot for a three mana common. I actually think the card advantage is reasonably high here to make this something you'd consider more of an uncommon. You'd also not want a card that requires you to search+shuffle twice to be a common either, so I'd call this well situated no matter where the land goes.

Dammit, I missed that it fetches upon death as well. >.<

Yepp, totally an uncommon, my bad.

[NUMBERS]

Yeah, effect wise it feels uncommon on further thought. It being a 1/1 just feels bad to me at its cost, that's more what I was getting at I think?

[SecretInfiltrator]

If you put all your cost into being good at card advantage, you don't get to put the cost into being a fatty. And it's not like this needs a big body since it doesn't mind being just sacrificial fodder or a chump blocker.