1/1/2023 0 Comments Webcomic werebear shaman![]() Multiples of Nimble Mongoose is just fine, and as long as there are seven cards in the graveyard, they all benefit, contrary to Hooting Mandrills. + Casting two is almost as easy as casting one. Miracles is one of the best decks in the format, and I predict it will remain so after the bannings, meaning this upside is not to be underestimated. This is especially great against decks like Miracles who will have to use Terminus to remove the threat, and can’t rely on building card advantage through Swords to Plowshares + Snapcaster Mage. + Immune to spot removal in all shapes and forms. Hooting Mandrills won’t care if someone resolves a Rest in Peace after it has hit the battlefield, but Nimble Mongoose can be cast in an emergency even if Rest in Peace is in play. – Both are susceptible to graveyard hosers, but in slightly different ways. + Both creatures are quite large by Legacy standards, but Hooting Mandrills is larger which matters quite a bit, as we will see. This is a modified truth, really, since Hooting Mandrills might cost slightly more, but shouldn’t for most of the time. There’s not much more to say about it, really. +- Both creatures are green, which means neither pitch to Force of Will, but neither dies to Pyroblast. ![]() Thus, I feel the need to as objectively as possible compare the candidates with each other – bearing in mind Nimble Mongoose is one of my favourite creatures of all time – and lastly present a list with the new candidate included. There are more contenders for his spot in Canadian Threshold than ever – primarily, in my opinion, Hooting Mandrills. With the latter now finally banished from the format, things are looking up for our Mongoose friend again, no? Maybe not. A while back, I wrote a post regarding the demise of Nimble Mongoose as a competitively viable creature in Legacy, due to Treasure Cruise‘s superiority as a graveyard-based one-mana spell. ![]()
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