Really like the idea of cutting down on the aristocrat style, while still maintaining it in some small part. It finally ended up making room for some of my own pet cards. If you find you’re still having trouble with draw, ‘Ohran Frostfang’ is an alternative to ‘Toski’ that works well alongside him, and ‘Phyrexian Arena’ has its main downside mitigated by your stores of food.
I’ve made great use of cost of arms in my Hazel deck but that’s great for any tribal token deck lol. Also, helm of the Host lets you make non legendary copies of your legendary squirrels for Hazel to copy. My favorite is to copy Chatterfang and the go to town with making tokens
i have a couple cards in my deck that can make a token copy of any card if you copy hazel of the rootbloom you can triple the amount of them you have each turn which gets out of hand very quickly without a field clear
I really want to make the tribal theme strong. My only thing with Hazel is, I want some big pays offs for all that big mana she creates. Something like crypt rats, exsanguinate, etc etc. On the other hand though having hazel out with nexus on becoming that exiled the myriad squirrel is actually bonkers strong
There are soooooo many token engines that are literally built into the precon including several cards shown here. Pippin is a good example of one but Ymir makes everything food for example
You definitely can, since the food synergy lies mostly with Ygra. Cauldron Familiar is mostly there as a combo piece, as you can continue to bring it back. But it is not necessary for the deck to function.
Possibly. Hazel makes the tokens into extreme levels of ramp, and Chatterfang produces the tokens. At the end of the day, you’ll likely be able to get the other out of the 99 easily, so these two might be interchangeable.
Black Market Connections is an absolute must for this deck. Turns a generic card into an absolute synergy machine.
Really like the idea of cutting down on the aristocrat style, while still maintaining it in some small part. It finally ended up making room for some of my own pet cards. If you find you’re still having trouble with draw, ‘Ohran Frostfang’ is an alternative to ‘Toski’ that works well alongside him, and ‘Phyrexian Arena’ has its main downside mitigated by your stores of food.
Great video! Just want to highlight how good Saw in Half is with Honored Dreyleader and many other cards in the list! :D
Very helpful advice for buidling this deck!
I’ve made great use of cost of arms in my Hazel deck but that’s great for any tribal token deck lol. Also, helm of the Host lets you make non legendary copies of your legendary squirrels for Hazel to copy. My favorite is to copy Chatterfang and the go to town with making tokens
Neat video! Looking forward for more Squirrel guides! 🐿️
i have a couple cards in my deck that can make a token copy of any card if you copy hazel of the rootbloom you can triple the amount of them you have each turn which gets out of hand very quickly without a field clear
Nexus of becoming is really good in Hazel IMO
Today i recieved my squirrel precon deck, now I feel ready to play it^^
I'm so excited for my deck to arrive. You have NO idea!
Me too! I have the precon and just about every new Squirrel creature from the main set on order!
well, triumph of the hordes is my weapon of choice. infectious squirrels is legendary.
I really want to make the tribal theme strong.
My only thing with Hazel is, I want some big pays offs for all that big mana she creates.
Something like crypt rats, exsanguinate, etc etc.
On the other hand though having hazel out with nexus on becoming that exiled the myriad squirrel is actually bonkers strong
I used odd acorn gang to make chitterfang a 43/43 unblockable (thanks to yavimaya) and 1-shot everyone at the table last night:)
How do you Get the token engine going for the squirrels? I feel that’s the hardest part of the deck so far.
There are soooooo many token engines that are literally built into the precon including several cards shown here. Pippin is a good example of one but Ymir makes everything food for example
Is it worth playing Ygra without Cauldron Familiar?
You definitely can, since the food synergy lies mostly with Ygra. Cauldron Familiar is mostly there as a combo piece, as you can continue to bring it back. But it is not necessary for the deck to function.
What is the song between 1:00 and 4:00
It’s an orchestral rendition of Monody from FatRat. I believe this one was by Rush Garcia.
Chatterfang here
would this deck still work if Chatterfang was Commander instead of Hazel?
Possibly. Hazel makes the tokens into extreme levels of ramp, and Chatterfang produces the tokens. At the end of the day, you’ll likely be able to get the other out of the 99 easily, so these two might be interchangeable.
Mirkwood Bats would be good for this deck.