Grasping Longneck

Four power on turn three for a green two-drop-plus-one is a rate green pays for with fragility: two toughness means this trades down to almost any burn spell and folds in most combat, dying to a single point on top of whatever else is already on the board. The reach is the part that earns the slot, letting a body built to attack double as a net against fliers, which is a job green usually solves with dedicated defensive creatures rather than beaters. The death trigger is the concession that makes the whole package coherent: because the card is expected to trade down or eat removal, gaining two life on the way out softens the tempo loss and keeps aggressive green mirrors from feeling like a pure race. It is a small, honest piece of design logic. A creature this aggressively statted would be a strict downgrade to hold back, so the two-life buffer nudges the pilot toward the attack the body was built for while providing a floor when the trade goes badly. Nothing here reinvents the color; it is a workmanlike beater tuned to sit in a green curve, contribute early pressure, and cover the air without demanding a separate card for the job.