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Gavi, Nest Warden

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman2 generic manaBlue manaRed manaWhite mana

Two draws a turn is the whole win condition, and the free first cycle each turn is the pump that keeps hitting it. On your own turn the draw step already spends your first draw, so a single no-cost cycle crosses into the second-draw clause and produces a token; off-turn or after a mass-draw refill, an instant-speed cantrip or a second cycler does the same work. The trigger rewards velocity over volume: it does not care how many cards you have seen, only that you land on a second draw across as many turns as possible. That is a subtle build-around ask, because it punishes the reflex to hoard card advantage and instead pays out for metering draws into a steady rhythm. The 2/5 frame confirms the intent: this is a creature built to sit back and stream value, not to swing for a clock, because the payoff arrives on the board rather than in the air. And the token type matters more than the joke. A repeatable go-wide engine of 2/2 red-and-white Dinosaur Cats is exactly the kind of steady creature production that anthems widen and sacrifice outlets convert, so the punchline creature type doubles as a hook for anyone who wants the tokens to do more than block. The design lives at the seam between the draw-two payoff and the free-cycle enabler, one feeding the other every turn you sequence correctly.

Gavi, Nest Warden (oc20)
OC20 · #7mythic
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Oracle Text

Rules text

You may pay 0 generic mana rather than pay the cycling cost of the first card you cycle each turn. Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 red and white Dinosaur Cat creature token.
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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