Featuring the original art that inspired a generation of Magic fans, 30th Anniversary Edition is built with modern sensibilities and nostalgic roots
At 2 mana, its easy to cast and impact the board early
Heres the list that finished in 11th place at the StarCityGames Invitational, piloted by Jacob Segal: 2 Spellskite 4 Blighted Agent 4 Glistener Elf 4 Noble Hierarch 1 Dryad Arbor 2 Forest 2 Breeding Pool 4 Inkmoth Nexus 1 Misty Rainforest 2 Pendelhaven 2 Verdant Catacombs 2 Waterlogged Grove 1 Windswept Heath 3 Wooded Foothills 1 Become Immense 2 Blossoming Defense 2 Dismember 3 Groundswell 4 Might of Old Krosa 4 Once Upon a Time 1 Spell Pierce 4 Vines of Vastwood 2 Distortion Strike 3 Scale Up Sideboard: 2 Grafdiggers Cage 2 Ceremonious Rejection 2 Mystical Dispute 2 Natures Claim 1 Spell Pierce 3 Veil of Summer 3 Oko, Thief of Crowns Scale Up, Waterlogged Grove, Once Upon a Time, Mystical Dispute, Veil of Summer, and Oko, Thief of Crowns make up a whopping seventeen cards printed in 2019
If you stack the abilities so that persist resolves first, the creature enters the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter
This is a cheap card, but you really dont want to play it before you have six lands so you make copies of Scute Swarm instead of the Insect tokens
