The Best G/W 3-drop

[yugular]

What is the Best Green and/or White three drop in the format? What is the best play on t2 after t1 forest, avacyn's pilgrim/llanowar Elves?

Green has great 4 drops like Blastoderm, but ramping into Blastoderm isn't very effective because I can't find anything to play on turn 2.

[RockBass]

If you already have a dude, I'm going to say Armadillo Cloak.

[yugular]

Feb 2, 2012 13:02:04 GMT -5 RockBass said:

If you already have a dude, I'm going to say Armadillo Cloak.

Mana dorks aren't that great targets for Armadillo Cloack... The idea of the deck would be to ramp into 4-5-6 mana as fast as possible.

Here are my thoughts so far:
Aven Riftwatcher - buys time, gains life, can beat face
Fierce Empath - fatty tutor
Porcelain Legionnaire - good at offense and defense, easy to cast in case I miss plains/pilgrim
Soltari Lancer - guaranteed dmg through unless removed
Borderland Ranger - more ramp

[grumpyoldgamer]

That's a good question. Let's say we're only talking about creatures here, I like Ember Weaver, Golgari Brownscale, Jolrael's Centaur, Kabuto Moth, Kitsune Blademaster, Rootwalla, Sporecap Spider and Yavimaya Elder.

The new Ulvenwald Bear also seems pretty sweet. And of course, the aforementioned Porcelain Legionnaire is a very solid option.

[bobblyigg]

The creatures I like most for any deck that weren't mentioned are Hungry Spriggan, Phantom Tiger, and Gathan Raiders. Hungry Spriggan, while easy to kill, is bigger on offense than any early drop in pauper. Phantom Tiger is like a poor man's Kitchen Finks in combat. Gathan Raiders is larger than normal and has the potential to become massive.

Lurking Crocodile won't come out fully powered on turn 2 but it seems like a great sideboard card against half the metagame right now. Simian Grunts is another card that isn't great on turn 2 but it can often be a 2 for 1 against certain decks. Winnower Patrol has the potential to grow big but must have a deck built around elves or warriors. If you're looking for something hard to block, Shu Cavalry is much better than shadow creatures since they have no blocking restrictions.

[yugular]

I have used Borderline Ranger in my first testing session, but Jolrael's Centaur looks like it is very interesting. Shroud is usually virtual card advantage in this format. Granted the Ranger is quaranteed CA. Simian Grunts is also interesting and worth keeping in mind.

The problem with this spot is that I don't want to cast anything with power 2 or less for 3 mana, unless it really works well with my strategy (like Borderline Ranger does).

Thanks for comments. Currently I keep on testing with Borderline Rangers and maybe put in 1 or 2 Legionnaires.

[dougbiss]

Based on our games yesterday, I would keep the Rangers over the Legionnaires. You want to be sure to have that 4 mana as quickly as possible and your T1 land+ pilgirm, T2 land+ Ranger can lead you to an easy 4 even when your only have two lands in your starting hand.