Chitterspitter

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice a token. If you do, put an acorn counter on this.

Squirrels you control get +1/+1 for each acorn counter on this.

{G}, {T}: Create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.

Tokens

• Squirrel 1/1 G

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Dandan	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Judge's Tower	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (1)

thesilentpyro on Chatterfang's Nuthouse of Cards

1 year ago

Considering:

• Fae Offering
  ++ Introduces a fun little minigame. ++ Exciting with Academy Manufactor
  -- Unable to trigger on opponents' turns without flash creatures, but that's minor
• Victimize
  ++ Pet reanimation spell, fantastic with with tokens
• Invasion of Ikoria  ^Flip (+ maybe Vampire Hexmage)
  -- Can't fetch amazing humans (Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Species Specialist, Eternal Witness, Pitiless Plunderer, Jaheira, Friend of the Forest)
  ++ Less salt-inducing wincon than Natural Order->Craterhoof Behemoth or a giant Finale of Devastation
  ++ Battles are a fun minigame when not fetching Hexmage
  -- Hexmage is lackluster on its own
  -- Not as guaranteed of a win condition as a big Finale
  -- The Invasion being a permanent opens it up to removal before it flips
• Llanowar Elves et al
  ++ Get Chatterfang out on turn 2 to start going ham sooner
• Nested Shambler back in
  ++ BB to double your squirrel count still seems good
• Force of Vigor
  ++ Creature spot removal is shored up by Chatterfang and all other removal spells hit creatures, so might be reasonable to have this not
  ++ Probably better in-slot than Binding the Old Gods

Potential cuts:

• Craterhoof Behemoth
  == If Invasion of Ikoria  ^Flip goes in
  ++ Cutting makes Natural Order worse, but also no longer as groan-inducing
• Finale of Devastation
  == If Invasion of Ikoria  ^Flip goes in
• Witch's Oven
  ++ Cheap sac outlet that works with Academy Manufactor and Gilded Goose -- Slow and food otherwise sucks.
  -- The bonus only really happens if Chitterspitter has gone up several times
  ++ Is fetchable with Urza's Saga, but it's the worst option of the current three. Always fetch Skullclamp over this.
• Tireless Tracker
  -- Second-worst token maker behind Witch's Oven
  -- Only eight fetchlands + Binding the Old Gods and Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip to double-trigger
  ++ Does qualify as a (slow) draw engine
  ++ Works with Academy Manufactor
• Binding the Old Gods
  -- Worst ramp and worst removal
  ++ Removal count is still moderately low, though. Can't rely on Chatterfang's ability for everything.
  -- Probably worse in slot than Force of Vigor
• Saw in Half
  ++ Does function as bad protection against spot removal -- Not a lot of nonlegendary creatures worth copying that don't already win the game, so often dead
  Eternal Witness
  Tireless Provisioner
  Tireless Tracker
  Species Specialist
  Grim Hireling
  Academy Manufactor
  Tendershoot Dryad
  Nadier's Nightblade
  Deep Forest Hermit
  -- Even when there is a target, often win-more