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Drowsing Tyrannodon

Creature — Dinosaur1 generic manaGreen mana

A 3/3 for two mana is the rate green usually reserves for its aggressive one-drops-that-grow, and here it comes stapled to defender so it earns that body by pulling early defensive duty first. The conditional that lifts defender (controlling a creature with power 4 or greater) reframes the card as a payoff rather than a beater: it sits in front of opposing aggression while the deck assembles a heavier body, then joins the offense once that body lands. That inverts the usual defender contract. Most walls trade combat participation for outsized toughness that stonewalls attackers indefinitely; this one carries ordinary toughness and instead offers a promise of future aggression contingent on the board growing up around it. The design is a low-rarity teaching card for the "big creatures matter" theme, handing a green ramp or stompy shell an early blocker that stops being dead weight the moment a fatty resolves. The wrinkle worth noting is that its own power falls a point short of the threshold, so it usually needs a partner meeting the requirement, though a pump effect that lifts it to power 4 or greater lets it turn itself on.

Drowsing Tyrannodon (j22)
J22 · #648common
Pricing
Normal: $0.19
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Defender (This creature can't attack.) As long as you control a creature with power 4 or greater, this creature can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Legalities

Format Status

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

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