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Chatterfang, Squirrel General
Legendary Creature — Squirrel Warrior · {2}{G} · Black/Green commander
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens are created instead.
{B}, Sacrifice X Squirrels: Target creature gets +X/-X until end of turn.
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What Chatterfang, Squirrel General actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{B}, Sacrifice X Squirrels: Target creature gets +X/-X until end of turn.
- Replacement effect · otherIf one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens are created instead.
- Keyword · forestwalkforestwalk
What a Chatterfang, Squirrel General deck needs
Plays as squirrel token engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- token makers (every batch adds that many Squirrels)
- sacrifice outlets and payoffs (Squirrels are fodder)
- token anthems
The Chatterfang, Squirrel General deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 19× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 24× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 7× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Chatterfang, Squirrel General
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Nurgle's Rot1 mana
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead5 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
- Old-Growth Troll3 mana
- Exquisite Huntmaster4 mana
- Grixis Slavedriver6 mana
- Enduring Vitality3 mana
- Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer3 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Wrenn and Seven5 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Rampant Frogantua3 mana
- Field of the Dead0 mana
- Fountainport0 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Finale of Devastation2 mana
- Beastmaster Ascension3 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Assault Formation2 mana
- Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse2 mana
- Sylvan Anthem2 mana
- Weaver of Harmony2 mana
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
- Extinction Event4 mana
- Vicious Rivalry4 mana
- Endemic Plague4 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Golgari Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Llanowar Tribe3 mana
Combos with Chatterfang, Squirrel General
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Chatterfang, Squirrel General is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer63,473 decks
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Zulaport Cutthroat27,398 decks
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Blood Artist24,511 decks
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Academy Manufactor22,744 decks
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Ygra, Eater Of All + Camellia, The Seedmiser + Academy Manufactor + Peregrin Took19,096 decks
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Peregrin Took19,033 decks