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Vivien's Jaguar

Creature — Cat Spirit2 generic manaGreen mana

Green has always struggled to fight in the air, so reach on a cheap body is the obvious concession; what makes this design worth building around is the second job stacked on top. The graveyard recursion switches on only while a Vivien planeswalker is on the board, and that gating is the whole idea. This is planeswalker-support in an older mold, where the around-the-edges payoff activates only when the marquee permanent is present, rewarding the player who actually committed to the theme rather than letting the effect float into any green pile. The return costs the same as casting the card, so each loop is a real investment instead of a free engine. The strategic axis it changes is attrition: with Vivien in play, a 3/2 blocker becomes a body the opponent has to answer twice, three times, as long as the planeswalker survives, and that grind is something a midrange green deck rarely gets to force. Two dependencies keep it honest, and both are worth naming. The return activates from the graveyard, so any exile-based hate shuts the loop off entirely; and the whole plan lives and dies with the Vivien it depends on, which means the opponent can neutralize the recursion by killing the planeswalker rather than the Cat. It is a support piece, deliberately, and it behaves like one: potent inside its intended shell, inert outside it.

Vivien's Jaguar (m19)
M19 · #305uncommon
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Normal: $0.16
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) 2 generic manaGreen mana: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if you control a Vivien planeswalker.
Legalities

Format Status

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