Mirkwood Nurturer
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A solid three-drop that is usually a 4/3 when you can return a land or value permanent, with upside from rebuying enters-the-battlefield effects. It is particularly useful in GU, where returning a land can guarantee a future Landfall trigger.
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Gameplay notes
Prefer returning a land that has already been tapped, or a cheap permanent with a useful enters-the-battlefield ability. You may decline to return anything when preserving tempo or board presence matters more than the +1/+1 counter.
Key synergies
Nurturer can return Cantankerous Keepers to your hand so you can recast it and repeat its mill-and-recover trigger. Because Nurturer is itself an Elf, it also discounts that recast.
Returning Wood Elves grows Mirkwood Nurturer to 4/3, and recasting Wood Elves finds another Forest directly onto the battlefield for additional ramp and Landfall value.
Bouncing and recasting Silvan Reveler repeats its loot effect and can put another discarded land onto the battlefield, triggering Landfall while generating card selection.
Nurturer can return a land after it has been used, allowing it to be replayed with Thranduil's Company's additional land permission and trigger the Company's powerful Landfall ability.
After the Saga has delivered one or more removal chapters, Mirkwood Nurturer can return it to your hand for replay, giving the Nurturer a +1/+1 counter and letting the Saga deal another 6 damage.
Mirkwood Nurturer can return Gollum from the battlefield to your hand, gaining a +1/+1 counter and allowing Gollum to be recast for another graveyard-exile and 2-life-loss trigger.
By returning another permanent when it enters, Mirkwood Nurturer becomes a 4/3 and immediately supplies the 4-power creature needed for The Chief Warg's Ferocious trigger.
Mirkwood Nurturer can return Down in the Valley to hand so it can be replayed for another basic land and another sequence of token-making and Elf pumps; as an Elf, the Nurturer also receives the chapter III and IV bonuses.
Casting Mirkwood Nurturer places three counters on a creature, and its enters ability can return a land to your hand so it can be replayed for another Bear while also giving the Nurturer a counter.
Old Thrush is inexpensive to replay, letting Nurturer become a 4/3 while a later recast gains 2 more life and places another basic land on top of the library.
Mirkwood Nurturer can return a land you control to your hand, allowing it to be replayed for another Raft-Steerer Landfall trigger while the Nurturer receives its +1/+1 counter.
Mirkwood Nurturer can return Gandalf to your hand while growing itself, allowing you to recast Gandalf later for another divided 3-damage enters trigger.