Rough Rider of the Brushwagg Plains Ornery Tumblewagg is a compact green creature that rewards steady development and smart sequencing. At {2}{G} you get a 2/2 Brushwagg Mount that places a +1/+1 counter every combat on your turn and can escalate those counters when it attacks saddled. This makes it easy to turn incremental growth into explosive board impact after a single successful saddle activation.
Play it in a shell that produces creatures for saddle fuel or in a counters-focused deck where doubling matters. The printed abilities encourage timing and resource planning rather than brute force. A small addition to lore notes that this tumblewagg prefers dusty trade roads and grudgingly accepts riders who know when to hold back and when to push for value.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{G}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Brushwagg Mount
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Whenever Ornery Tumblewagg attacks while saddled, double the number of +1/+1 counters on target creature. Saddle 2 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
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Power / Toughness – 2/2
