Dryad Militant

Color Design Challenge

Point of order: every colour has had at least one 2 power one drop. The blue one was Phantasmal Bear (dies when targeted). So it should be possible, at least in theory, to complete the Rakdos Cackler / Dryad Militant "cycle" - you would just need to make four bluebrid ones have drawbacks. (And having ten such creatures extant would be good for cube building options)

Monocolors having clean one-drop 2-power designs (and I would argue not every color has great designs in this space) and those things all existing in hybrid space is not the same thing.

Bear Blue Colors Creatures Cube Draft Dryad Dryad Militant Hybrid Monocolor Phantasmal Bear Rakdos (B/R) Rakdos Cackler

Mono White Dryad Request

"drcthulhuobeliskdankenstein-blog asked: Great work with Dominaria! What are the chances of a mono white Dryad Militant type card for us commander players? Dryads are mostly green." I believe this person was asking for a mono-white card with Dryad Militant's effect.

White normally exiles cards in graveyards but usually not proactively. It can as a bend.

Bend / Break Commander Dominaria Dryad Dryad Militant Green White

Mono White Dryad Again

Great work with Dominaria! What are the chances of a mono white Dryad Militant type card for us commander players?

Dryads are mostly green.

Commander Dominaria Dryad Dryad Militant Green White

Hybrid Mana Usage

If I have half a green mana and half a white mana can I cast dryad militant?

Yes, you can. Half a white mana and half a green mana can cast a green/white hybrid card costing one.

Cast Dryad Dryad Militant Green Hybrid Mana Selesnya (G/W) White

Requesting Green Creatures

Well then could you please print some 2/1s for G with no drawback? The only one right now is Dryad Militant, which can be a drawback depending on the deck.

Green’s #2 but a distant #2.

Card Printing Dryad Dryad Militant Green

Commander Color Quirk

But Maro, I can't play Dryad Militant in my monogreen Commander deck so it's not really a green 2/1 for C is it? ;)

My buttons are so easy to press. : )

Commander Dryad Dryad Militant Green Humor Mark Rosewater

Commander Rules Oddity

I agree with your views on Commander color identity. It's completely unintuitive that a mono-green commander cannot play Noble Heirarch, nor Dryad Militant, nor Tezzeret's Gambit, but *can* play a golem with affinity for swamps or Gauntlet of Might.

Another quirky side-effect: “T, Pay one life: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool” is allowed in every deck. “T, Pay one life: Add W, U, B, R or G to your mana pool” is not allowed except in five-color commander decks. One template everyone can use it and one almost no one can.

Affinity Color Identity Colors Commander Dryad Dryad Militant Gauntlet of Might Golem Green Mana Noble Templating Tezzeret's Gambit

Green 2/1 Creature

You said a few days ago that green has a G 2/1 with no drawbacks. I couldn't find it. What card are you talking about?

The card I was referring to is Dryad Militant from Return to Ravnica.

Dryad Dryad Militant Green Return to Ravnica

City of Ass Mechanics

You recently answered that someone can use two half manas generated from City of Ass to cast a Dryad Militant. Follow up question: what if one of those half manas was white while the other was green? Could he still cast Dryad Militant?

Yep.

Cast City of Ass Dryad Dryad Militant Green White

Un-set Mana Query

Un-set rules question: If I have 2 City of Ass in play and tap 1 for 1 1/2 white mana, and tap the other for 1 1/2 green mana, may I combine the 2 half mana to play a Dryad Militant?

Yes.

City of Ass Dryad Dryad Militant Green Mana Rules Tap / Untap Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets White

Combo Play Concerns

as a combo player thanks for make my life even harder. Could you print something good for us? or the days when we could play with no creatures are over? Past in flames was very good, then, dryad militant... really? i know that you are improving creatures, but this.. there's no balance, just like in the early magic

A combo player is not the opposite of a player that plays creatures. Many great combo decks throughout history had creatures as a key part of their combo.

Card Printing Creatures Dryad Dryad Militant Past in Flames