Craterhoof Behemoth
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Oct 17, 2026
Phil BlechmanHOST
Otherwise, it's just the Fetches and this Taiga in the main board here.
Phil BlechmanHOST
Also, the pivot plan, when you don't want Craterhoof Behemoth, you go into Progenitus.
Phil BlechmanHOST
Typically, that's against the decks that do... like a lot of attrition based.
Phil BlechmanHOST
Like if they're going to wear you down on resources where our crater hoof might not be able to get across the finish line, you just natural order for a progenitus and that's how you get there.
Phil BlechmanHOST
Otherwise, it's just the fetches and this Taiga in the main board here.
Phil BlechmanHOST
Uh, also the pivot plan, uh, when you don't want Craterhoof Behemoth, you go into Progenitus.
Phil BlechmanHOST
Typically, that's against the decks that do, um, like a lot of attrition-based.
Phil BlechmanHOST
Like, if they're gonna wear you down on resources where our Craterhoof might not be able to get across the finish line, you just Natural Order for a Progenitus, and that's how you get there.
SethHOST
I'm curious what you think about, about this card.
SethHOST
Craterhoof Behemoth.
SethHOST
Craterhoof Behemoth, it has long been the go-to finisher for your green creature decks, right? It's the best overrun.
CrimPANELIST
Right.
SethHOST
You tutor up with all your creature stuff.
CrimPANELIST
Maybe Crater Claw Colossus.
SethHOST
The Claw.
TomerPANELIST
I feel like that one is close to what Cr- it's closer to what, uh, Craterhoof is because it's an artifact, and I think the greatest, the biggest thing for Craterhoof Behemoth is that it's in green, and green is just so good at tutoring and putting it directly onto the battlefield.
Phil BlechmanHOST
So the, uh, the deck that won is a Badger Mole Cub elves deck that essentially aims to animate a Gaea's Cradle.
Phil BlechmanHOST
That way, you can use your Untappers and Quirion Ranger and Wirewood Symbiote to continuously untap that Gaea's Cradle to make bountiful, like, unbounding amounts of mana, and then you Natural Order or Green Sun's Zenith for Craterhoof Behemoth and kill them.
Phil BlechmanHOST
You can also go infinite with Temur Sabertooth, so, uh, you can, like, put that into play, and that lets you use its activated ability an endless amount of times to essentially loop into infinite mana off your Gaea's Cradle.
Phil BlechmanHOST
So at five mana, like, once you can produce five mana off of your, uh, ani- Like, when you have an animated Gaea's Cradle and can produce five mana, you can go infinite with Tebu- Temur Sabertooth, and then the game ends, uh, which, like, can happen very quickly.
Phil BlechmanHOST
So the, uh, the deck that won is a Badger Mole Cub elves deck that- ... essentially aims to animate a Gaea's Cradle.
Phil BlechmanHOST
That way you can use your Untappers, and Quirion Ranger, and Wirewood Symbiote to continuously untap that Gaea's Cradle to make bountiful, like, unbounding amounts of mana, and then you Natural Order or Green Sun's Zenith for Craterhoof Behemoth and kill them.
Phil BlechmanHOST
You can also go infinite with Temur Sabertooth, so, uh, you can, like, put that into play, and that lets you use its activated ability an endless amount of times to essentially loop into infinite mana off your Gaea's Cradle.
Phil BlechmanHOST
So, at five mana, like, once you can produce five mana off of your, uh, ani- Like, when you have an animated Gaea's Cradle and can produce five mana, you can go infinite with Tebu- Temur Sabertooth, and then the game ends, uh, which, like, can happen very quickly.