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Scryb Ranger

Creature — Faerie

Flying, protection from blue

Return a Forest you control to its owner's hand: Untap target creature. Play this ability only once each turn.

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Glad I could be of some assistance!

I just notice you are running Quirion Ranger, but not the superior Scryb Ranger. Is it because of the 1 mana difference?

SynergyBuild on Higher Power

Yeah, that is fair, it is difficult to use, but I like how powerful it is even without infinite mana, you know, fetching out a Wirewood Symbiote, Elvish Scrapper, or Sylvan Safekeeper (Not in deck) on the first activation can be great, and a Duskwatch Recruiter  Flip, Priest of Titania, or Scryb Ranger (not in deck) one the second activation, and a Eternal Witness, Elvish Archdruid, or Ezuri, Renegade Leader on the third activation is just gravy on top.

It is a great toolbox effect, and I would still argue for it!

elgosu1337 on 4 months ago

I think one of the issues with Sylvan Safekeeper is that shroud prevents you from pumping Marwyn further. With Temur Sabertooth you can repeatedly bounce other creatures and replay them, which is handy with Quirion Ranger, Scryb Ranger, and Wirewood Symbiote to reset their abilities and untap Marwyn again. With Greater Good, you need haste to recast Marwyn and restart the storming.

Having more creatures allows you to make use of creature-based card draw like Primordial Sage and Soul of the Harvest. Rhonas's Monument makes most of those creatures mana-positive by reducing their costs and pumping Marwyn further. Another very efficient spell you could try is Berserk, although you need to go to combat for that. Nantuko Mentor might also work. I really should try out the Brutalizer Exarch. I know that you've complimented it before, and I can't really think of anything else I would rather use to replace Hoverguard Sweepers.

I basically consider Scryb Ranger a mana dork that in some cases even refunds you the mana you spent to cast it the turn it comes into play. On any turn you don't have an additional land drop, you can just bounce a Tropical Island or Taiga to your hand and replay it for what essentially counts as a free mana that turn. It's something that I found increasingly relevant as I slowly shaved away at my land count. If you have a mana dork out, then the Ranger helps to generate even more mana. And of course, it pairs very nicely with Bloom Tender and Kiki.

Random things I've used the Ranger for include: Flashing in and saving a Tropical Island from being Strip Mined, catching people off guard by pumping Animar up at instant speed, and providing a surprise blocker when a pumped up Zur with infect was swung at me. It's kind of surprising how often that Protection from Blue can come in handy, and people sometimes don't even notice the ability when reading the card.

But yes, there are situational aspects to how useful the card is. All I can say is that it has worked out pretty well for me. I guess I'd rate it in the same category as cards like Phantasmal Image. They are both cheap utility creatures that aren't essential to the deck and are somewhat situational in their power level, but they've pulled me out of tight spots on at least a semi-regular basis and have been beneficial to the deck in squeaking out extra mana that was needed while attempting to storm off. I've had horrible luck with running counterspells like Pact of Negation and Force of Will because I keep finding myself in situations where they wind up being unplayable. I ended up taking them out and started leaning more heavily on what instant speed tricks I could muster.

Luckily, most of the commonly used counterspells that people run at a cEDH level don't stop creature spells. The most prominent ones that Animar has to worry about are Mana Drain, Pact of Negation, and Force of Will. Without counterspells of your own in hand there isn't much you can do about Pact or FoW but they are somewhat situational so you can guess the likelihood of someone being able to cast one or not. Mana Drain is something that you can kind of deal with though, especially since someone leaving up just two blue mana sources is a decently strong telegraph. In those instances, if I'm looking to combo off, I might cast Pestermite either at the end of the opponent's turn or during my upkeep to tap down one of their blue sources.

Kiki is also one of the reasons I have Scryb Ranger in my deck. Aside from providing mana fixing and ramp by bouncing land to be replayed and untapping mana dorks, I can flash it in to untap Kiki in response to removal. This has saved my combo on a number of occasions.

I've managed to combo off with Kiki on turn 3, but it requires Lotus Cobra. Turn 1) Land + Mana elf. Turn 2) Cast Lotus Cobra, then drop and crack a fetch to get 3 mana and play Pestermite. Turn 3) Drop a land, get a mana off the Cobra, then tap your elf and lands to play Kiki. It's definitely a "luck of the draw" sort of win, but I've pulled it off a couple of times.
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