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Bonny Pall, Clearcutter

OTJ · rare · Released 2024-04-19

Tiers

tier-2
tier-2
tier-1

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
ramp-big-manalands-mattermidrangegraveyard-matters
negative:
aggrostax-prisoncontrol

Roles

midrange-threatevasive-threattoken-producerramp-spellcard-drawrepeatable-card-drawattack-triggeretb-triggerlandfall-payoff

Risks

pip-heavyslow-setupattack-trigger-onlyrequires-land-in-hand

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:
giant
anti:

Structural

triggered-abilitystatic-ability

Rationale

Bonny Pall is a 6cmc Simic giant that creates a land-count-scaling Ox token on ETB and generates attack-triggered card draw plus land-from-hand-or-graveyard ramp. The combination of card draw, land acceleration, and a scaling token makes it a natural fit for lands-matter and ramp-big-mana strategies; the graveyard land recursion gives it mild graveyard-matters relevance. At 6 mana with a double-blue pip, it's too slow for aggro/stax and competes with better card-advantage engines in control.

Learnings (3)

  • Beau's power and toughness scale with the number of lands you control at any moment — landfall triggers and mass land plays can make Beau enormous mid-combat.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • The attack trigger puts the land onto the battlefield directly (not tapped), effectively providing a free extra land drop each attack, which pairs extremely well with Crucible of Worlds or similar graveyard-land recursion.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • Because the land-put-onto-battlefield trigger fires on each attack and is not 'once per turn,' equipping Bonny Pall with extra-combat effects (Aggravated Assault, Moraug) generates multiple free land drops per turn cycle.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #3,154