The infinite Squirrel Nest + Earthcraft combo:

by **apthaven** » 30 Jul 2009, 13:23

60 Total Cards

16 Creatures
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4x Ant Queen
2x Bringer of the Green Dawn
4x Essence Warden
2x Killer Bees
2x Llanowar Behemoth
2x Skullmulcher

22 Spells
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4x Acorn Harvest
4x Chatter of the Squirrel
2x Earthcraft
2x Garruk Wildspeaker
1x Harmonize
4x Kodama's Reach
1x Regrowth
4x Squirrel Nest

22 Land
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20x Forest
2x Gaea's Cradle

Mycoloth decks were nasty for being able to produce so many tokens that they literally made Forge hang up.

This one attempths to do the same except that there's no Mycoloth this time.

The infinite chain in this combo allows you to produce an infinite number of tokens. How?

Earthcraft + Token + Basic Land enchanted with Squirrel Nest.

A basic land enchanted with Squirrel Nest produces a token when tapped, and when you tap that token you can untap that land. Then rinse and repeat.

You now have infinite squirrels.

If you're not satisfied, get out your gaea's cradle and start playing your monsters such as the new cards Ant Queen to produce even more ant tokens.

Add essence warden, and you'll have a gazillion life in no time.

Still if you're not pleased, I added pump monsters such as Killer Bees and Llanowar Behemoth. Mana and creatures will make them absurdly powerful.

Bringer of the Green Dawn produces stronger tokens. Garruk Wildspeaker synergizes well with your Squirrel Nest.

You could also trade in some of the monsters for a Mycoloth, or add sorceries that produce stronger tokens such as those that produce wurms.

Have fun. I tested this and it works!

by **zerker2000** » 30 Jul 2009, 16:03

Where oh WHERE is Rhys the Redeemed :shock:

?!

by **DennisBergkamp** » 30 Jul 2009, 22:11

Oohh, gotta love the squirrel tokens

by **apthaven** » 31 Jul 2009, 02:09

zerker2000 wrote:Where oh WHERE is Rhys the Redeemed ?!

Good point.

On its own, Squirrel Nest + Earthcraft itself would be enough. But yes, I think that you need a hand in creating the tokens yourself, considering the time it takes to produce all of those legions of tokens.

DennisBergkamp wrote:Oohh, gotta love the squirrel tokens

There's nothing better than to beat the AI with an endless army of 1/1 squirrels :lol:

by **DennisBergkamp** » 31 Jul 2009, 09:40

Indeed

For the next version, creating tokens should be a little bit more efficient. If there's only one untapped 1/1 squirrel (when executing this combo, this is oftentimes seems to be the case) it will always just tap that token when using earthcraft.