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Greenside Watcher

Creature — Elf Druid1 generic manaGreen mana

The Gate-untap clause tells you exactly which archetype this Druid was built to feed: a deck where Gates are not just taplands but resources worth re-tapping. Gates conventionally enter the battlefield tapped, generate their color, and sit there; this card turns one into a battery, wringing a second activation out of a Gate that does something when tapped, or simply ramping by reusing fixing. It is a build-around in the literal sense, doing nothing in a deck that runs basics. The design lives or dies on how many Gates care about being tapped, or how much repeated mana from a single land is worth, a constraint tight enough that the card only ever surfaces alongside a dedicated Gate payoff. The 2/1 body means it is not asking you to protect it like a fragile engine piece, but it also will not survive a stiff breeze, so the untap ability races the clock from the moment it lands. Tap a Gate for mana, untap it, tap it again: the loop is only ever as valuable as what the Gate gives back, which keeps this parked in a narrow corner rather than ramping any green deck that happens to run dual lands.

Greenside Watcher (gtc)
GTC · #122common
Pricing
Normal: $0.08
Foil: $0.52
Oracle Text

Rules text

Tap: Untap target Gate.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
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
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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