Fangorn wants a deck that makes huge amounts of mana for giant spells. It also suits a deck that is built around one creature type, like Elves or Dragons.
Mana cost
Green ()
Power / toughness4 / 10
RarityRare
Treefolk you control have vigilance.
Whenever one or more Treefolk you control attack, add twice that much .
You don't lose unspent green mana as steps and phases end.
Picked for what they do in Fangorn's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Fangorn's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Open the full glossary
explain how Fangorn works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary
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If a green mana you add has certain restrictions or riders associated with it (for example, if it was produced by Great Hall of the Citadel), they'll apply to that mana no matter when you spend it.
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Once Fangorn, Tree Shepherd leaves the battlefield, you have until the end of the current step or phase to spend your unspent green mana before it is lost as normal. There is no penalty associated with this other than the loss of the mana.
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You can keep unspent green mana indefinitely while Fangorn, Tree Shepherd is on the battlefield. That means if you add a green mana during one step or phase, you can spend it during a later step or phase, or even a later turn. Other types of mana will be lost as normal as each step and phase ends.
Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryGPlayers write colors as letters: G for green.Big ManaBig Mana decks build up far more mana than usual, then spend it on huge spells. Some are X spells, which have X in their cost and get stronger the more mana you put in.Open the Big Mana pageMana StorageKeeps mana from disappearing at the end of a step or turn, or makes a burst of mana last until end of turn. Normally unused mana empties as each step ends; these cards let you save it up for something enormous. Kruphix, God of Horizons, Omnath, Locus of Mana, UpwellingOpen the Mana Storage pageRampAn effect that accelerates your mana, giving you a reusable mana source beyond the usual one land per turn. Cultivate Rampant GrowthOpen the Ramp pageTypal/KindredTypal decks are built around one creature type, like Elves, Dragons or Zombies, with cards that make that type stronger. The type is printed after the dash on the card's type line, and the strategy is also called kindred or tribal.Open the Typal/Kindred pageTypal PayoffRewards you for playing lots of one kind of creature. That includes "lords" that make every other Goblin or Merfolk you control bigger, and cards that ask you to choose a creature type and then pay you off for it. A creature type is the word on the middle line of the card, like Goblin, Elf or Zombie.Open the Typal Payoff pageStatic BuffGives creatures a lasting bonus to power and toughness while it remains on the battlefield, rather than a boost that wears off at end of turn. Garruk's Uprising, Patchwork BannerOpen the Static Buff pagePlants / TreefolkPlants and Treefolk are almost all green, and are often slow, sturdy creatures that are hard to get past.Open the Plants / Treefolk page
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