If Santa Claus has come to town, then we need to bring out the festive colors! It’s time to deck the halls and go big or go home. With a strong assortment of cards that ramp us into cheating big creatures into play, we can do just that. Elves and elk are teaming up in this pack to decorate the north pole for Christmas, with the legendary Mayael the Anima and the Jegantha, the Wellspring supervising.
Advent 3: Festive Colors
| Creatures (7) 1 Druid of the Anima 1 Elvish Piper 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring 1 Knotvine Mystic 1 Mayael the Anima 1 Skyshroud Elf 1 Stampeding Elk Herd Artifacts (1) 1 Mana Cylix Spells (4) 1 Lush Growth 1 Blossoming Defense 1 Mayael's Aria 1 Flower // Flourish | Lands (8) 1 Branchloft Pathway 1 Cragcrown Pathway 1 Needleverge Pathway 3 Snow-Covered Forest 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 1 Snow-Covered Plains |
This Jumpstart pack’s strategy is to utilize its smaller creatures to ramp to dropping higher cost elk to come in with their antlers for the win. This pack synergizes well with other selections that also hope to ramp to a big threat, or that could use additional fixing in the Naya colors. Resolving Mayael’s Aria while one of our elk friends is on board will begin to grow our whole team, letting our forces flower and flourish like Christmas poinsettias. Fa la la la la, la la la la!
Jegantha, the Wellspring by Chris Rahn
Honorable Mention
If you’re fortunate enough to come across a copy of Topdeck the Halls, the 2020 holiday card, it could be a helpful and thematic include here!
Switch some cards out of various packs for “decorated” versions and enjoy the first card you draw each turn costing just one snow mana!
Jacob Torbeck is a researcher and instructor of theology and ethics. He hails from Chicago, IL, and loves playing Commander and pre-modern cubes.