#betterthanabear

Fleecemane Lion is one of the most obviously-strong two drops ever printed.  It’s not, like, broken, it’s just one of those cards that you look at and you go “oh, wow, yeah, that’s good.”  It starts as a 3/3 for 2 with no downsides, and it eventually gets bigger AND it becomes almost impossible to remove.  Non-targeted exile, sacrifice or huge -/- effects are the only things that can get rid of this big kitty once it gets powered up, and that’s super significant.

It’s limited all-star and standard powerhouse, Longtusk Cub!  It’s an energy sink and a huge energy generator all in one, and at the very least it’s a bear with an upside.  An easy one for this blog, at least!

Ergh, Bog Imp.  Blurgh.  Bad card.

Ooooh, soulbond is a really neat mechanic.  When Nightshade Peddler gets his buddies the stuff there’s something wild goes down.  Deathtouch is really strong and getting it on two things is quite good!  However, if you use Nightshade Peddler to remove a big threat then it won’t give its buddy deathtouch no more.  He can, however, keep making new buddies to badtouch monsters and that’s a big upside.  He’s got mush more potential than a bear!

Aw man, aww dang, this card is cute as heck!  It’s mostly just an aura, but it’s an aura that can protect itself from getting removed by all sorts of spot removal and it’s got a pretty neat effect!  It can’t protect itself from board wipes or unconditional permanent removal, but pobody’s nerfect!  I think this effect is interesting and strong enough to do some real work!  Plus, if you have enough mana you can actually save two creatures in one turn!  Good goin’ little lizardy thing.

Yes!  Finally!  A good goblin!  A bear with evasion that has two relevant creature types!  Like, yeah, sure, whatever, outside of goblin decks they’re bad, but why would you not run them in a goblin deck?  Heck, there are enough goblin rogues that this pie thief could probably function well enough in a prowl deck that’s not 100% goblin.  Turn two this gobbo into turn 3 earwig squad is a pretty compelling argument.