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Casal, Lurkwood Pathfinder // Casal, Pathbreaker Owlbear

Legendary Creature — Tiefling Druid // Legendary Creature — Bird Bear

The front side reads like a green ramp two-for-one: a body with vigilance that fetches a Forest onto the battlefield when it lands. Where it gets strange is the attack trigger, which spends an extra 1 generic manaGreen mana to flip her into a creature that anthems every other legendary creature you control, granting +2/+2 and trample for the turn. That transform clause is the whole design gambit. It reframes the card from a value engine into a payoff for a board of legends, which is a build restriction the front side does nothing to hint at. The owlbear side then transforms back on your next upkeep, so the anthem is a recurring alpha-strike button rather than a permanent buff: pay the mana on the attack, swing with a boosted legendary team, flip back, repeat. The timing is deliberate. You only get the pump when Casal herself is attacking, and only if you have the mana open, which keeps the effect tethered to committing to combat rather than sitting back. The Tiefling Druid framing places her in the same fantasy-crossover translation lineage as the rest of the Universes Within reprints, redrawn into Magic's own idiom. What lingers is how neatly the two halves argue with each other: one side wants to develop your mana and sit behind vigilance, the other wants a wide legendary board it can point at your opponent's life total.

Casal, Lurkwood Pathfinder // Casal, Pathbreaker Owlbear (slx)
SLX · #29rare
Pricing
Normal: $14.42
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Vigilance When Casal enters, search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Whenever Casal attacks, you may pay 1 generic manaGreen mana. If you do, transform her. // Vigilance, trample When this creature transforms into Casal, Pathbreaker Owlbear, other legendary creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain trample until end of turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, transform Casal.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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