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Long-Bodied Grey Dog
Long-Bodied Grey Dog3
Creature — Dog
Flash Reach When this creature enters, create a tapped Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "T , Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
common2/2

Long-Bodied Grey Dog

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Limited summary

A flexible colorless 2/2 that can ambush small attackers or flyers, then leaves behind a tapped Treasure for fixing, acceleration, or artifact fodder. Its rate is modest, but it is useful filler and a meaningful Storied enabler.

Roles

CreatureRole — Mainly provides a body on the board.Mana FixingRole — Helps cast multicolor spells or a splash.EnablerSets up the condition its archetype's payoffs reward. Count your enablers before valuing payoffs highly.

Archetypes

RW Dwarves / StoriedRW Dwarves / Storied — BorosDwarf tribal deck built around Storied: once you control three or more artifacts, legendaries, and/or Sagas, you have an 'enduring story' for the rest of the game, permanently upgrading your Storied cards.How it plays: Count your artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas when building — you want to turn on the enduring story early and reliably. Equipment counts twice here (artifact + Dwarf tribal support). Once the story is on, it stays on, so cheap enablers that die don't turn it off.BR Goblins / AmassBR Goblins / Amass — RakdosAggressive Goblin tribal deck using Amass to grow an Army while chipping in damage. Sacrifice and death-trigger payoffs convert expendable bodies into value.How it plays: Amass stacks onto a single Army creature, so protect it or diversify threats. Removal-dense colors: use it to clear blockers and keep tempo. Death triggers make trades profitable.

Play around this

When the opponent leaves three mana open, account for a flash 2/2 with reach before attacking with small creatures or flyers.

Gameplay notes

Prefer casting it after attackers are declared so it can threaten an ambush while preserving the possibility of another instant. The Treasure enters tapped, so it cannot help cast another spell on the same turn it is created.

Key synergies

Fateful Discovery
Fateful DiscoveryDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Casting the Dog after Fateful Discovery creates a Treasure on entry, triggering Discovery to draw a card while still adding the 2/2 body.

Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
Dáin, Lord of the Iron HillsEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

The Treasure supplies one of the three artifact, legendary, or Saga permanents needed to establish Dáin's enduring story; after that threshold is reached, it can be sacrificed without losing Dáin's attack tax.

Stir Up Trouble
Stir Up TroubleDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

The Treasure can pay Stir Up Trouble's additional cost, turning the Dog's enter-the-battlefield value into cheap removal without sacrificing a creature or paying four extra mana.

Snowslope Hunter
Snowslope HunterEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

The tapped Treasure cannot make mana immediately, but Snowslope Hunter can sacrifice it during your turn to generate an impulse-draw card instead.

Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll
Roll-Roll-Roll-RollDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Each chapter can blink Long-Bodied Grey Dog to create another Treasure token, turning the modest flash creature into a repeatable source of fixing and ramp.

Belladonna Took
Belladonna TookEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Its flash entry creates a Treasure on the opponent's turn, giving Belladonna a token trigger on a fresh turn while also adding a useful body and mana resource.

The Misty Mountains Cold
The Misty Mountains ColdDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

The Dog's enters-the-battlefield Treasure provides the extra saved Treasure needed for the Saga to reach its Dragon threshold on chapter III while also supplying a defensive body.

Smaug the Magnificent
Smaug the MagnificentEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 1/3 — Nice to have

Casting the Dog at the opponent's end step supplies a Treasure that untaps in time to help cast Smaug and increases the damage of his first attack trigger.

The Sackville-Bagginses
The Sackville-BagginsesEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 1/3 — Nice to have

Long-Bodied Grey Dog supplies a Treasure token, and sacrificing that Treasure for mana later triggers The Sackville-Bagginses to drain the opponent.

Synergy graph

Min strength
The Sackville-Bagginses ↔ Snowslope Hunter Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3The Sackville-Bagginses ↔ Smaug the Magnificent Direct Synergy · strength 2/3The Sackville-Bagginses ↔ Stir Up Trouble Direct Synergy · strength 2/3The Sackville-Bagginses ↔ The Misty Mountains Cold Direct Synergy · strength 2/3The Sackville-Bagginses ↔ Fateful Discovery Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Belladonna Took ↔ The Misty Mountains Cold Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll ↔ The Sackville-Bagginses Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Smaug the Magnificent ↔ Fateful Discovery Direct Synergy · strength 3/3The Misty Mountains Cold ↔ Smaug the Magnificent Direct Synergy · strength 3/3The Misty Mountains Cold ↔ Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills Combo · strength 2/3Fateful Discovery ↔ The Misty Mountains Cold Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Long-Bodied Grey Dog ↔ Fateful Discovery Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Long-Bodied Grey Dog ↔ Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Long-Bodied Grey Dog ↔ Stir Up Trouble Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Long-Bodied Grey Dog ↔ Snowslope Hunter Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Long-Bodied Grey Dog ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Long-Bodied Grey Dog ↔ Belladonna Took Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Long-Bodied Grey Dog ↔ The Misty Mountains Cold Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Long-Bodied Grey Dog ↔ Smaug the Magnificent Enabler → Payoff · strength 1/3Long-Bodied Grey Dog ↔ The Sackville-Bagginses Enabler → Payoff · strength 1/3Long-Bodied Grey Dog (this card)
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