Stalwart Successor TDM 0227 · uncommon

Take it when

Use endure and renew to place counters on effective attackers, then turn those counters into extra size and combat card draw. White or blue expands the clan options.

What to take next

After Crocodile trades, renew it onto a creature with Successor present. If it is that creature’s first counter event of the turn, Successor adds another counter.

Wrong pick

Successor checks the first counter event for each creature each turn. Repeated counter additions to the same creature do not repeatedly double the reward.

Mana & splash

Keep the colored sources needed for early spells. A synergy payoff does not automatically justify a splash.

Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.

Champion of DusanFour power and trample can trade up, then renew transfers a counter and trample to another creature. Exiling it for renew is a cost, not something opponents can interrupt with graveyard removal.

Adorned CrocodileTrading leaves a Zombie Druid and enables cheap renew later. Its single black renew mana can support a counter plan without spending your whole next turn.

Snakeskin VeilProtect a creature from targeted removal while adding a lasting counter. That counter can enable Envoy, Successor and other counter rewards.

One-pick Draft

The first time each creature receives counters during a turn, Successor adds one +1/+1 counter to it. Spread counter events across creatures when useful; repeated events on one creature do not repeat the bonus.

Sealed vs Draft

The first time each creature receives counters during a turn, Successor adds one +1/+1 counter to it. Spread counter events across creatures when useful; repeated events on one creature do not repeat the bonus.