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The Goose Mother
Legendary Creature — Bird Hydra
Flying The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up. Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.
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“Mana-sink flyer that converts ramp into Food tokens and card draw.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Card draw advantage
Ramp, Counters, Tokens
Strategy
The Goose Mother is a self-scaling flyer that rewards you for investing mana early. You cast it for X, it enters with X counters, makes Food tokens, and turns those Food tokens into card draw every attack. The core gameplan is to ramp into a big X turn, generate a pile of Food, then cash them in for cards while beating down in the air. You're essentially converting excess mana into both a flying threat and incremental advantage.
Build around efficient mana dorks and ramp spells to hit those juicy X values quickly. Proliferate effects and counter-doublers make your initial X investment go further, while Food payoffs and sacrifice outlets let you convert tokens into value beyond just card draw. You're playing a mix of early acceleration and mid-game grinding, swinging with an evasive threat while filtering your deck and building a modest board presence.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Swap pricey green ramp like Gaea's Cradle for Cultivate, Growth Spiral, or Carven Caryatid; use Counterspell replacements like Quench or Absorb.
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