Squirrel

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Squirrel
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics
13 cards
{W} 7.7% {B} 15.4% {G} 61.5% {B/G} 7.7% {artifact symbol} 7.7%
as of Modern Horizons 2
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type:"Squirrel"

Squirrel is a green creature type used for arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents (though in the unset Unstable they have a significant presence in black).[1]

History

The first creatures to bear the type were Krosan Beast and Squirrel Mob in Odyssey. Before that, it was sometimes used as a token-only creature type. Most often, squirrel-related cards are created by Mark Rosewater.[2][3]

Because they weren't thought to be serious enough by the Creative R&D, squirrels were relegated to supplemental products.[4] One such supplemental set was Modern Horizons. Squirrels made a return to a Standard-legal set in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths with Helica Glider.

Notable Squirrels

Kaldheim
Uni-verse
Unknown

Tokens

Token Name Color Type Line P/T Text Box Source Printings
Squirrel Green Creature — Squirrel 1/1
Silver-bordered
Token Name Color Type Line P/T Text Box Source Printings
Squirrel Green Creature — Squirrel 1/1

Trivia

References

  1. Bonnie Bruenderman (May 09, 2014). "Squirrel!". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. Mark Rosewater (July 22, 2002). "Squirrel of My Dreams". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Mark Rosewater (June 1, 2020). "My Favorite Things". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. Mark Rosewater (September 03, 2014). "Are there any creature types considered "dead", so to speak?". Blogatog. Tumblr.