AEther Vial + Dryad Arbor

[Barook]

Just asking: Can I vial in a Dryad Arbor when there are no counters on the Vial?

Dryad Arbor has a cmc of 0, so this nifty little trick should work, or am I wrong?

[Nightmare]

Yup. Vial away.

[Phantom]

The other day I there was a Dryad out with Humility and Blood Moon on the table (Blood Moon first I think, if it matters). Is it now a Mountain Creature that's a 1/1?

[Nightmare]

The other day I there was a Dryad out with Humility and Blood Moon on the table (Blood Moon first I think, if it matters). Is it now a Mountain Creature that's a 1/1?

Now you kick whoever played those cards in the teeth.

It's a 1/1 Mountain Creature with no abilities.

It's a 1/1 Land Creature - Mountain Dryad with no color and no abilities.

Blood Moon applies in layer 4, and it causes Dryad Arbor to become a 1/1 Land Creature - Mountain Dryad. It loses the intrinsic mana ability it had as a Forest, and gains the intrinsic mana ability it has as a Mountain. But it loses the "Dryad Arbor is green." before that ability can apply (since that applies in layer 5).

Humility applies in layer 5 and 6b. Humility causes Dryad Arbor to lose the intrinsic mana ability it has as a Mountain. Then in 6b, its power and toughness become 1/1 (not much of a change from its original power and toughness).

[RoddyVR]

Yup. Vial away.

so....
Forest
tap forest
vial
tap vial to put Dryad Arbor into play

is fine as a first turn? even though its a second land? that's some insane acceleration btw...

oh, since i'm asking related questions... can fetches find dryad arbor? (i mean the green/x ones ofcourse)

[Nightmare]

Yes, you can Fetch an Arbor.

[Pinder]

And yes, you can go Forest -> Vial -> Arbor, even though it's also a land, because you're not actually playing two lands in one turn. If there was some other effect which put a land directly into play from your hand, it would also circumvent the 'one land per turn' rule.

edit: OMG Sneak Attack+Arbor!!!!!!!!!!!!111oneoneone. It totally turns the red mana you spent into a green mana. And mana fixing is FTW.

[Tacosnape]

Vial and Arbor isn't worth it, by the way. I tried it in Goblins and it resulted in mass failure.

[Nihil Credo]

Yep, I think someone here said that under every time you want to mention "the danger of cool things", you should just post a scan of Dryad Arbor.

So many interactions, so few drawback. Except that the interactions are just cute, whereas the drawbacks are huge.

[Sanguine Voyeur]

Isn't Dryad Arbor decent in Nine Land Stompy?

Isn't Nine Land Stompy a good budget deck for beginning players?

How come budget/new players get to use cool things?

[Nihil Credo]

Isn't a land that comes into play tapped the ultimate bane of a balls-to-the-wall aggro deck like Mono-G Stompy?

[DarkAkuma]

Isn't Dryad Arbor decent in Nine Land Stompy?

Isn't Nine Land Stompy a good budget deck for beginning players?

How come budget/new players get to use cool things?

I'm a avid 9LS player, and I would have to say no, it isnt good in 9LS. It doesent mesh well with quirion ranger, since it will keep getting summoning sickness back. Being a creature, its more vulnerable to removal, so as a mana producer its very fragle in a deck with a very tight mana base. And as a creature its only a 1/1. The only creatures in 9LS that can get away with being 1/1's are Quirion Ranger, Skyshroud Elite, and Skarrgan Pit-Skulk. But despite those negatives, there are a few tricks and such you can do with them. Obviously they turn a mid/late game LG into a creature tutor, and bounceing them with Quirion while damage is on the stack is kind of neat. I'll eventualy try it, as i dont like completely dismissing things without trying them first, but i feel the negs outway the posatives.

Other then that, yes its a great beginer deck.

[Sanguine Voyeur]

Really? I heard that it was good in Nine Land Stompy somewhere.

Oh well, I'm not really a green aggro person anyway.

[Nightmare]

It's awesome with Vial and Quirion Ranger and Fetchlands, and stuff, but then, your Lackey blocker gets Wastelanded, or your first land gets Fanatic'd, and you rue the day.

[Bane of the Living]

It does have the awesomeness of a man land without an activation cost. Take that Pithing Needle!

The card is busted in Vintage Ichorid.