Best Defender Payoffs One particular thing about defender creatures is that they tend to have a greater toughness than power, and theyre usually cheap in terms of mana value
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A 2 mana 2/2 creature that can be played in response to a fetchland like Wooded Foothills, a watered down version like Fabled Passage or Terramorphic Expanse, a ramp spell like Three Visits, or another means of cheating cards into play like Kodama of the East Tree in order to ramp out one Plains card from your deck is already good value
If the creature you're targeting has Toxic, you'll get an extra two damage
Updated on September 25, 2024, by Ryan Hay: It has been a bit since we revisited this list, so we're back with a ton of updated prices and a few new additions to the set