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Nervous Gardener

Creature — Dryad1 generic manaGreen mana

Ramp that runs on the wrong clock. Cast it for its mana cost and you get a plain 2/2 Dryad and nothing else; the land search fires only when the creature is turned face up from a face-down state. That reroutes the entire fixing plan through the disguise mode. Pay three to hide it and the acceleration becomes a threat you cash on your own schedule: leave three mana up as a bluff, let the ward-two body soak an attack, then flip it for its green cost when you actually want the land, converting mana you were holding for defense into a card in hand. The search itself is generous, pulling any land with a basic land type: a Triome, a shockland, any dual that happens to read as a Forest or an Island. But it goes to hand rather than the battlefield, so this smooths draws more than it accelerates them. What makes it worth a second look is how it inverts the usual sequencing pressure. Most fixing wants to resolve as early as possible; this one rewards you for having a reason to keep it face down, holding the search in reserve until the flip pays for itself. Green rarely gets to threaten a combat trick that turns out to be a land tutor. A modest body with a real timing puzzle folded into it.

Nervous Gardener (mkm)
MKM · #169common
Pricing
Normal: $0.20
Foil: $0.10
Oracle Text

Rules text

Disguise Green mana (You may cast this card face down for 3 generic mana as a 2/2 creature with ward 2 generic mana. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.) When this creature is turned face up, search your library for a land card with a basic land type, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
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
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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