MTG Bloomburrow: Typal Support Cards and Calamity Beasts Revealed

Well folks, it’s finally here. After months of speculation and anticipation, Bloomburrow preview season has officially begun.

Well folks, it’s finally here. After months of speculation and anticipation, the Bloomburrow preview season has officially begun. The cute animal floodgates are open, and lovable characters aplenty are spilling out. Truly, it’s a great time to be a Magic player.

The Bloomburrow Debut stream was absolutely stuffed with spoilers, including some absolute dandies for Commander players. To make things easier to digest, we’ve spread them out across multiple articles. In this one, you’ll find all of the new cards that care about creature types. As well as a couple of fun surprises at the end.

Alania, Divergent Storm

Let’s kick things off with a little blue/red goodness. Alania, Divergent Storm is a legendary Otter Wizard with a very interesting ability. Whenever you cast your first instant, sorcery, or Otter in a turn, you can let your opponent draw a card. If you do, you get to copy the card in question. A tidy little exchange, all things considered.

Immediately, my gut says this is too slow for Standard. Five mana is a lot, and the fact that the card provides a kind of ‘Group Hug’ effect just screams Commander. To address that elephant in the room: yes, Alania will make a great Commander. Dishing out cards to shore up alliances is excellent, and Alania’s ability can trigger once each turn, of which there are four per round in Commander. Just make sure you have plenty of instants and Otters with Flash to hand.

Circling back around to Standard, I really don’t see Alania making the cut. The Otter deck appears to be an Izzet spellslinger type deal, which typically prefers to stay low and play for tempo. A five mana do-nothing creature really doesn’t support that plan. If you like casting spells in Commander, however, then you really Otter pick up a copy of this card. It will serve you well.

Camellia, The Seedmiser

Now onto something a lot more interesting for 60-card formats. Camellia, the Seedmiser was actually teased on Twitter last Friday, but now that the Bloomburrow Debut spoilers are out we have the full picture. Camellia is a 3/3 for three with Menace, which also grants Menace to all your other Squirrels. A kind of keyword lord effect for those playing Bloomburrow’s green/black Squirrel deck. Menace is an easy ability to undervalue given how common it is nowadays, but it is a form of evasion and is particularly dangerous granted en masse like this.

If Camellia’s text stopped there she’d likely make a solid signpost uncommon. This is 2024 Magic, however, so naturally she has two more abilities squirreled away. Firstly, whenever you sacrifice one or more Foods, Camellia creates a 1/1 Squirrel token. Said token will have Menace thanks to Camellia’s first ability, so that’s a lot of extra aggression if you’re playing Food cards. Fortunately, Food appears to be a mechanical focus for green/black in Bloomburrow. As evidenced by Camellia’s final ability.

By paying two generic mana and Foraging, Camellia lets you put a +1/+1 counter on each other Squirrel you control. Forage is a new mechanic, and it’s quite simple. To Forage, you can either exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food. In Camellia’s case, the latter will always be the best option. Because of how triggers resolve, you can sacrifice a Food to her third ability, create a Squirrel with her second, and have it get a +1/+1 counter when the third ability resolves. Very clever. This seems like a pushed and versatile card and an obvious auto-include in any Squirrel deck in Standard.

Finneas, Ace Archer

Speaking of auto-includes for go-wide Typal decks, Finneas Ace Archer is another legend who fits that bill. At a baseline, he’s a 2/2 for two with Vigilance and Reach. Not a bad rate so far. His real value comes with his ability, however. Whenever Finneas attacks, you can put a +1/+1 counter on all your other tokens and Rabbits. After doing so, if the total power of your board is 10 or more, you also get to draw a card.

Based on what we’ve seen of the set so far, Rabbits will be great at generating a lot of tokens and buffing them up. Just look at Carrot Cake for the former and Oakhollow Village for the latter. In any deck running cards like these, Finneas should be a shoo-in. Being able to buff your board and restock your hand in case of a board wipe is a great combination. He’s easy to slot into an aggressive curve, too, thanks to his

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