Unsanctioned: non-Squirrel squirrel art?
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Posted on Jan. 30, 2020, 12:49 a.m. by Coward_Token
So the recently spoiled Acornelia, Fashionable Filcher cares about spells with squirrel art. Aside from cards which have "squirrel" in their name, type, and/or text box, what nonland cards can you think of that have the appropriate art? (Yes, I know the Unsanctioned non-foil basics have squirrel silhouettes but they can't be cast unless your name is Stephen Green.) Only one I can think of is Ajani, the Greathearted (it's next to his right leg)
Affinity_for_MTG says... #3
There is technically a squirrel in the Ajani, Mentor of Heroes art, but it's really hard to see on the card because it's behind the textbox. You CAN see it on the card if you look close enough though.
January 30, 2020 8:18 a.m. Edited.
Affinity_for_MTG says... #4
Found another one, squirrel on the guys shoulder in Regrowth.
January 30, 2020 8:23 a.m.
That Ajani, mentor of heroes is definately a chipmunk. Is a chipmunk a squirrel? They have the same family in taxonomy (thanks wikipedia) but does it count?
January 30, 2020 9:11 a.m.
No no, it's a squirrel with it's tail chopped off. The poor thing, would you deny it just because it was attacked by a brutal beast?!?
January 30, 2020 10:19 a.m.
Coward_Token says... #7
Boza: it looks like a regular-tailed squirrel to me https://i.redd.it/bq1q18ob5aq21.jpg
January 30, 2020 11:44 a.m.
I meant the Ajani, Mentor of Heroes art. The Ajani, the Greathearted one is definetely a squirrel.
January 30, 2020 11:46 a.m.
Coward_Token says... #9
dbpunk: Unfortunately... https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/190520257733/un-rules-question-if-i-draw-a-squirrel-on-a-card
January 30, 2020 11:49 a.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #10
I do not care about squirrels, but has anyone here seen the new full-art basic lands? They are amazing! I just purchased one of each of the Nyx basic lands from Theros: Beyond Death, and I am not wishing that I had saved my money for the Unsanctioned lands, instead.
January 30, 2020 8:32 p.m.
Coward_Token says... #11
Kinda breaking my own rule but Monstrous Growth only mentions the word in the flavor text. Also the expression on the squirrel is pretty funny.
January 31, 2020 5:18 p.m.
Coward_Token says... #12
Oddly Uneven, Kill! Destroy!,Gaea's Herald (head on the left arm), Land Aid '04, Mother Kangaroo, Team Spirit (to the right of the cougar)
Last but not least, Might of Oaks
January 31, 2020 6:09 p.m.
Coward_Token says... #13
Savvy Hunter (;_;)
Unsure what the little thing to the left of Satyr Grovedancer's hoof is supposed to be
February 1, 2020 12:36 p.m.
Coward_Token says... #14
Found this trough a reddit thread: https://tagger.scryfall.com/tags/artwork/squirrel
Has most but not all of the cards mentioned here, plus: Psychotic Haze, Oaken Brawler, Hydradoodle (bottom-center), Knight of New Benalia (bottom left corner), Sol, Advocate Eternal (hard to see with the rules text but it's on the mast of the raft, below Sol's feet), Goblin Furrier (dunno if just fur even counts) & Overrun (not at all sure but the reddish thing to the left of the weird cougar thing might be one).
I sure wish I could edit more than the OP but I doubt I'll find any more
February 1, 2020 1:19 p.m.
Two of the animals on Regal Force should be squirrels (slightly to the right of the center).
February 15, 2020 11:17 a.m.
Harmony of Nature Portal version has a squirrel found this randomly, lucky me! I’d love to see this page keep going, and I’ll tag Scryfall.
March 5, 2020 1:15 p.m.
I can't be sure, it might be a mouse but isn't that a squirrel in Paragon of Eternal Wilds? On the ground just under the wolf?
March 8, 2020 3:19 p.m.
SquirrelPenguin says... #19
This doesn't really count but Acorn Catapult makes a squirrel token. Acorn Catapult may not have a squirrel in it's art but the token does!
March 24, 2020 1:34 p.m.
More pictures were added https://tagger.scryfall.com/tags/artwork/squirrel
March 27, 2020 midnight
Coward_Token says... #21
TacoBoy: yeah I think it's a rat since it's gray and has a pretty fat torso, but it's hard to tell. Probably safest for everyone to consult their playgroup before including that card
On a related note, Argothian Enchantress is tagged in the Scryfall search but that thing doesn't look like a squirrel to me. Its appendages are damn weird and its head seems like a cross between a cat and a bat.
Also, I'd like to note that AFAIK Contraption's aren't casted so they won't trigger Acornelia's first ability (although I guess you can make them trigger the second one with something like Conspiracy + Titania's Song).
March 27, 2020 1:03 p.m.
Mark Rosewater isn't answering many squirrel questions, so we have to use our best judgement. I included Argothian Enchantress in my deck. Looks like a weird flying squirrel.
When I built my squirrel deck I started looking through squirrel art alot and its very loose and each artest is different. Many different shapes and sizes from Acornelia, Fashionable Filcher looking like a Rat imho (with the darkened tail hard to see in low light) to Chatter of the Squirrel looking like a chipmunk, to Squirrel Wrangler looking like beavers imo. So just gotta roll with it and have fun.
You can check my deck if you'd like. No matter how you build squirrels it won't be commmander legal so its backup fun deck for me with my friends.
March 28, 2020 12:40 p.m.
note. Mark did answer one question: Krosan Beast does not contain squirrel art. Can't find the tumblr post since tumblr sucks.
March 28, 2020 1:16 p.m.
Coward_Token says... #24
Can confirm the Krosan Beast thing (including the post apparently resides in the dark net), although note that you still get the ETB/death trigger
Chipmunks are classified as squirrels by biology, but so are e.g. groundhogs ¯I_(ツ)_I¯
March 28, 2020 2:01 p.m.
The original artwork for Paragon of Eternal Wilds has squirrels on it: (http://www.artofmtg.com/art/paragon-eternal-wilds/) on top of the branch next to the lynx. I assume the animal next to the wolf to be a beaver.
May 22, 2020 3:33 p.m.
Coward_Token says... #26
Ahahahah nice find
A close examination of the cropped card art reveals that you can make out the body of the second squirrel to the right of the lynx, so I think it's fair to say that it qualifies.
(Silver-bordered Magic sciurine art history is a serious subject requiring much research.)
dbpunk says... #2
So this might be a rules thing, but does it say anywhere that it has to be official art?
Because otherwise... you can just make a bunch of proxies with squirrel art. Just imagine how funny that could be too.
January 30, 2020 3:10 a.m.